On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Mike Burger wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Avi Aumick wrote:
>
> > > If I'm not mistaken, NTFS also derives from OS/2's HPFS.
> > >
> > >
> > NTFS may be derived from HPFS, but if you create a long filename like
> > in Unix, it is a true long file name. It can not be directly copied to a
> > dos os. The name must be changed to an 8.3 type format. In NTFS, the long
> > file name is actually a comment like in the node name area. The file name
> > still actually is 8.3.
>
> You're mistaken. That behavior is VFAT. Long file names in NTFS, just as
> in HPFS, are truly long file names. They're stored in the file's extended
> attributes. NT's (and OS/2's) long file names on FAT are pointers to 8.3
> filenames, but not NTFS/HPFS.
>
If I copy a long file name in OS/2 HPFS partition to a Dos partition, OS/2
will not let me. It requires me to rename the file to 8.3 on the Dos
partition. While if I try to do the same thing on an NTFS partition to a
Dos drive, there is no problem. However what you see is xxx~1.xxx on the
Dos partition. Likewise in Linux, copying a long file name from native
linux partition to a Dos partition requires a name change similiar to OS/2
(or actually OS/2 is similiar to Linux)
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