From: "Mikael Korsgaard Jensen" 
Subject: Re: Long File Names!
Date: 1998/05/04
Message-ID: #1/1
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.novell,fido.novell


I have tried it under WIndows 95 OSR-2 Danish, Windows 98 (1900) US, Windows
NT 4 SP3. BUT all with Microsoft's Novell client, maybe it would help using
Novell's own client? (I just have bad experience using it!)

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regards,
Mikael K. Jensen
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Nikolaj Strand wrote in message ...
>I think it is a client problem.
>If te client workstation is not able to handle long filenames both files
>will be named testtes~1.tst...
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>What machines are you trying this on ?
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>Nick
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>Mikael Korsgaard Jensen skrev i meddelelsen ...
>>I have a kinda serious problem/bug when using LFN in Windows 95, 98 and NT
>>on a Netware 4.1 server. The best way to explain it is by an example:
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>>1. Create a file (e.g. with copy con) on a Novell volume called
>>"testtest1.tst" and put the text "File 1" in it!
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>>2. Create another file in the same dir called "testtest.tst" and put the
>>text "File 2" in it!
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>>3. Now the computer may ask you if you want to overwrite the existing
>>file!?!!?! And on some systems not! If it asks, just answer yes!
>>
>>4. Look what's in the directory: One file called "testtest1.tst" with
>>"testtest.tst"s contents!
>>
>>We think we have found the reason that this happends: When Novell gets a
>LFN
>>it cuts it down to xxxxxxxx.xxx and then the next LFN file with the same
>>first 8 chars is called xxxxxxx1.xxx. So when we create a file called
>>"testtest1.tst" Novell calls it in short "testtest.tst" the when we create
>>"testtest.tst", it is short already and then wants to overwrite the
>>exisiting!
>>
>>Have anyove experienced the same? Meybe knows a
>>bugfix/fix/update/workaround? Then I would like to hear from you!
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Mikael K. Jensen,
>>CDM Gruppen A/S
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