On 17 Mar 2019, Vince Coen said the following...
 VC> Why ?
 VC> 
 VC> Symlinks take up next to no spaces on ext4 etc.

I know - but my filebase areas is a mess.

 VC> In any event we must maintain the dos 8.3 standard just on case,

As I posted earlier, it needs work (IMHO it is broken). I have no problem
supporting DOS in addition to Unix/Linux - in fact I welcome it. But as I
posted previously I think it needs work.

I've just compiled .12 (I make a DEB if anybody is interested), and I just
need to build my docker container, then I'll try out the updates in 12 (which
I know were focused on long file names). But (I only had a quick glance at
the source), I dont think it addresses the issue I'm seeing...

 VC> The Pi come on does a rsync then shuts down if needed just as a back up
 VC> system JIC.

I run MBSE on a PI (in docker) - and I use "restic" as my backup
tool. With a
machine running S3 (minio), I can have a daily backup that is efficiently
stored (de-duped, compressed and encrypted - so it could be in the cloud
too). But I digress...

...deon

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