From fnaumann@mail.cs.uni-magdeburg.de Tue Sep 14 16:49:39 2004 Subject: Re: [MiNT] fstat long filename on TOS partition From: Mark Duckworth To: Jim DeClercq Cc: Mint List In-Reply-To: References: <20040914083343.4670.qmail@web13424.mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Atari-source.com Message-Id: <1095172506.20560.13.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:35:06 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Delivered-To: mint@fishpool.com Delivered-To: mint@lists.fishpool.fi X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: mduckworth@atari-source.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-ID: X-List-ID: X-Milter: ClamAV 0.70/0.70kjel X-Milter: milter-regex 1.5jel X-Milter: ClamAV 0.70/0.70kjel X-Milter: milter-regex 1.5jel On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 09:59, Jim DeClercq wrote: > One vote for 5+3.3 shortened file names. That is the first five > characters and the last three characters, and a three-character > extension. This, I think, has a better chance of making a > recognizeable shortened file name out of a long file name. > > Jim I'm all for standard win 9x shortening of 6+~1.extension. For me at least, working with this is easier due to my use of it on windows. Mark