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- !ReadMe
- ~~~~~~~
- !FromCDLFS and !ToCDLFS are used to convert LongFiles disk trees to/from
- LongFiles CDFS extensions. The difference between the two are documented in
- LongFiles 2.09 !Help file, but for a summary, here are the differences:
-
- Normal LongFiles CDFS LongFiles
- Uses '!ZZ!!Z!!LF' as special filename Uses 'LONG__FS' as special filename
- Uses '}' as 'split' character Uses '/' as split character
-
- This means that if you were to create a directory structure containing the
- two directories 'ThisIsALongFilename' and 'ThisIsnt', then cataloguing the
- parent directory when LongFiles has been killed would show:
-
- Normal LongFiles
- ----------------
- !ZZ!!Z!!LF WR/ Data 00:00:00 01-Jan-1900 26 bytes
- ThisIsnt D/ Directory 15:49:32 26-Dec 1998 2048 bytes
- ThisIs}000 D/ Directory 15:49:25 26-Dec-1998 2048 bytes
-
- CDLFS (CD-Rom LongFiled FS)
- ---------------------------
- LONG__FS WR/ Data 00:00:00 01-Jan-1900 26 bytes
- ThisIsnt D/ Directory 15:49:32 26-Dec 1998 2048 bytes
- ThisIs/000 D/ Directory 15:49:25 26-Dec-1998 2048 bytes
-
- By changing the names subtly in this way, it is possible to create CD-ROMs
- which have >10 character filenames - and these will also preserve the case of
- the filenames.
-
- Using the applications
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- !ToCDLFS converts a directory structure in normal LongFiles format into the
- CDLFS format. To do this, load !ToCDLFS, and drop the parent directory onto
- the !ToCDLFS icon. After a brief period of disk activity (depending on how
- many files are in the directory tree), the tree will be converted into CDLFS
- format.
-
- !FromCDFS performs the reverse operation; it takes a CDLFS format directory
- tree and converts it into normal LongFiles format. It is used in exactly the
- same way - dropping the parent directory onto the icon will perform the
- conversion.
-
- Command-line
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- If you want to do the conversion on a whole disk, you can do this from the
- command line. Once the applications have been seen, two *commands will have
- been added - *ToCDLFS and *FromCDLFS. They have one argument, which is the
- directory to convert.
-
- For example, if you want to convert the RAM disk to CDLFS format, then you
- can do this by typing:
-
- *ToCDLFS RAM:$
-
- Caveats
- ~~~~~~~
- Although LongFiles does not have to be loaded, these applications will work
- with LongFiles running - and also if you have LongFiles with non-standard
- special filenames/characters. The applications will fail if the source FS is
- a CDLFS-style FS. Later versions will check this.
-
- Read-only filing systems (and files which cannot be renamed) will also cause
- problems. However, for normal disk creation, it should be fine.
-
- Copyright
- ~~~~~~~~~
- !FromCDLFS, !ToCDLFS are © Jason Tribbeck 1998
- LongFiles is © Jason Tribbeck 1994-1998
-
- All rights reserved
-