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echo: bluewave
to: mark lewis
from: Dan Ceppa
date: 2005-01-20 15:57:38
subject: Saving Marks

On 20 Jan 05  07:59:00, mark lewis got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: Saving Marks

 BC>> BlueWave and BWREPFIX shouldn't be able to recognize long path and
 BC>> file names either.
 
 DC> But it can!  C:\PROGRA~1  =  C:\PROGRAM FILES

 ml> wrong... c:\progra~1 is an 8.3 filename... just because the two are

True.  

 ml> equivellent, it doesn't mean that BW and/or BWREPFIX recognise /long/

And true.  

 ml> filenames... i'll bet that BW will choke on an 8.3 path that's over 64
 ml> characters... that was one limit back in the day... 

I never made one that long!  

Then again, I did find C:\PROGRAM FILES from within BW and can 
access it and them.  



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