Hi, On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 05:41:30PM +0100, Tilo Stritzky wrote: > If neither -s nor -l are given, mount_msdos searches the root > directory of the file system to be mounted for any existing > Windows 95/98 long filenames. If no such entries are found, -s > is the default. Otherwise -l is assumed.
For a moment I couldn't find that text. Well, turns out this passage was removed in November 2021 (in version 1.32 of mount_msdos.c): http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/src/sbin/mount_msdos/mount_msdos.8 kn@ did the work, so I'm CCing them. > The way I read this whole thing is that ``Force'' refers to turning > off the auto-detection and enforce the long mode. See also the > description of the -s flag further down. Just to double check, on OpenBSD I created a new filesystem, and explicitly mounted it with `-l`, created files called `A` and `LONGLONGLONG`. Then on Linux (with default mount options), I see `a` and `LONGLONGLONG`. So it's clear that OpenBSD doesn't always create long filenames, even if you mount explicitly with `-l`. And `-l` does really appear to be default. > Have you tried enforcing short (old scool) mode by using -s? WELL THAT WOULD WORK, BUT ALL OF MY FILENA~1 WOULD BE TRUNCA~1 ;) kn@, what do you think? Should `-l` *always* (really always) create long filenames? Cheers -- Best Regards Edd Barrett https://www.theunixzoo.co.uk
