>On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, hassan boulmarouf wrote:
>> hello,
>>
>> i've used windows95 to copy some files with long names
>> on a floppy.
>> Under linux the file names are just 8 characters long.
>> the first six characters of the original name followed
>> by "~1".
>> and this happens only for floopy files, my long file
>> names on the hard drive are well supported.
>>
>> what can i do to have my linux support long file names
>> on the floopy disk ?
>>
>> thank you in advance.
>>
>When mounting the floppy under linux, mount it as type
>"vfat" instead of type "msdos" or type "fat" This will make
>the long file names work!
> John
Yes and no. No in that is you want to save a file that is named:
File.txt (notice the mixed case)
it will get recorded as FILE.TXT, i.e., only using the 8.3 name entry.
If you use the mtools suite of programs, there is no mounting necessary
AND the File.txt will have both the short and long name entries.
Don't mount, use mtools.
MB
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