Lpc2000

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:16:31 -0800, David Hawkins wrote:


>> OTOH, I would like to have the long file names.  The 8.3 notation 
>> just isn't useful when describing an effect file.
>> 
>> So it comes down to lazy versus utility.  Unless I can find the code 
>> already written.

>You could always use another file for 'long names' and have
>that file map the long name to short 8.3 names.

>I think this is what some of the older CD burner routines
>used to do to put long file names onto a CD that only
>supported 8.3 format.

>The downside is that you now have to read and write long filenames
>using a custom WinXP file manager. Not really too difficult with
>a little bit of Tcl/Tk scripting to read the long filename
>file, display those file names, and then convert back
>again to access the device ...

>Just another option to assist in your laziness :)

>Dave


Another thing to consider is that Microsoft has four patents on the
VFAT file system which is the layer that adds long filename support
to the original FAT file system.  See
 http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3415871
for some additional info.  I am sure there is much more available on
the net.

Regards
-Bill Knight
R O SoftWare &
http://www.theARMPatch.com