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Date:	Tue, 4 Sep 2001 09:42:11 PDT
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@intlaccess.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: CD subdirectory/file names

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Did you actually expect to? I have a machine running OS/2 and W95, and I
cannot see, under OS/2, a windows created file name beyond 8.3 under any
circumstances.

Ray

Peter Skye wrote:

> I have a CD that was created a few hours ago on a Windows machine.
>
> The subdirectory and file names on the CD are longer than the 8.3
> characters in "classic" DOS FAT format. However, they don't display on
> my machine (Warp 4). Instead, I simply get the first few letters of
> each name, then a tilda (~), then a number. For example, the
> subdirectory SCOUGInTheCarFeatures shows up as SCOUGI~1.
>
> How do I get OS/2 to display and use the full subdirectory and file
> names?
>
> - Peter
>

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