Hi Stephen,

Stephen Walsh wrote to Michiel Broek:
SW> Hello Michiel.
SW> 
SW> What would I likely destroy if I comment out the part of code that renames 

SW> file(s) to the 8.3 format?
SW> Does the bbs use the long or short name for locating files on the 
SW> harddrive?
SW> 
SW> If doing the above will kill the system, would it be posable for you to 
SW> add a
SW> flag to the file area's setup that allows that area to have long file 
SW> names
SW> both in the file listing and on the harddrive?

The files on the harddisk are 8.3 with long style links to them. The bbs
uses both and the excist both for a good reason. Some mailer protocols can
only transfer 8,3 files. For the rest the long names are used if possible.

The whole switching has become a bit messy, but it wasn't possible to leave
just the 8.3 nnames out. 

If you have a recent mbsebbs version, then users will almost everywwhere see
the long filenames.




    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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