According to Eric Smith on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:09:23AM +0100: > According to dman on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:58:40AM -0500: > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > | Eric Smith wrote: > > | > > > | > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of > > | > projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows. > > | > > | mount it as vfat (mount -t vfat)? > > > > The easiest way is to edit /etc/filesystems and list vfat above msdos. > > When you specify a type of "auto", mount must try things (in some > > order) to find one that works. For some reason it defaults to trying > > msdos before vfat, it works, and you only get 8.3 characters. You can > > specify a preferred order in /etc/filesystems and have it try vfat > > first. > > > > excellent. > > Wish the package maintainers would attend to these annoying > little things - how many ppl really want 8.3 dos filenames > as their default? >
oops - now I get this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] 2 $ cp Samenwerkingsovereenkomst.doc /floppy&&ls /floppy projec~1.dot samenwer.doc samenw~1.doc ^^^^^^^^^^^^ which I prefer to the ~1 type but it still aint what I want :( -- Eric Smith