LE> IM> OS/2 keeps track of long filenames on removable FAT drives. I
LE> IM> just double-checked: I had a file on floppy named "JIM". I
LE> IM> renamed it, using  WPS, to "Jimbo a-logo!.blobbo.txt". Checking
LE> IM> on my DOS laptop, the  filename is now "JIMBO_A-.TXT", but it
LE> IM> still comes up as "Jimbo a-logo.blobbo.txt" on OS/2. [:)
LE>
LE> That's nice. I'd like to be able to go one step farther and assign a
LE> *specific* shortname to a file without losing the long name. Even if
LE> it used up another directory entry. Then we'd be able to keep old
LE> programs happy indefinitely and still use long filenames.

Well, you can do that too. Sorta. [:)

Apply the long file name in WPS, then drop to a command line (DOS or 
OS/2) and rename the file. WPS will keep the long "file name". The 
problem, of course, is that if you change the long file name then you'd 
have to go back down to a command prompt and change the name back to the 
short name that you want it to have.

If you planned it correctly, you could probably combine both at the WPS 
level. Use the eight-character "short" file name as the first eight 
characters of the long file name -- problem "solved". [;) (I don't think 
that would work in all cases, though, as I've had problems with long 
filenames before. Directory names would be a problem, I think.)

I do see what you're saying, though, and I do agree.

Take care and TTYL.

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