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to: LEONARD ERICKSON
from: Ian Moote
date: 1999-10-27 13:40:00
subject: File Systems

LE> Well, there *is* one reason for HPFS on removable media. Long
LE> filenames. At least until and unless OS/2 gets support for Win95
LE> style long file names.
LE>
LE> I'm sure someone is going to mention using ZIP or some other
LE> archiver. Many of the files I'm putting on the ZIP disks are things
LE> I want *direct* access to. Not access thru an archiver.

OS/2 keeps track of long filenames on removable FAT drives. I just 
double-checked: I had a file on floppy named "JIM". I renamed it, using 
WPS, to "Jimbo a-logo!.blobbo.txt". Checking on my DOS laptop, the 
filename is now "JIMBO_A-.TXT", but it still comes up as "Jimbo a-
logo.blobbo.txt" on OS/2. [:)

Take care and TTYL.

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