Re: Pet names, true names, and nicknames Ben Laurie (ben@algroup.co.uk)
Thu, 13 Apr 2000 05:45:02 +0100

Valerio Bellizzomi wrote:
>
> Hi,
> remember that Windows actually uses long file name substitution, so if the
> filename is not in the 8(.???) format, Windows will truncate all characters
> after the sixth (but not the filename extension) and substitute the seventh
> and the eighth characters with "~x" where x is a sequential number (1-9).

Actually, it only uses this for programs that want it. The "real" name is the long one.

Cheers,

Ben.

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