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- From: dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman)
- Subject: Re: How does Novell map Macintosh filenames to MS-DOS filenames?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.001319.27718@novell.com>
- Keywords: Macintosh, MS-DOS, filename, mapping
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- Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia
- References: <1993Jan27.013406.16197@netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:13:19 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan27.013406.16197@netcom.com> seedrom@netcom.com (Kenneth Lew) writes:
- >I use a Macintosh to create image files for processing by a PC.
- >Without having to rename the Macintosh up to 31 character filenames
- >to the MS-DOS's more restrictive 8.3 filename.filetype scheme, does
- >anyone know how Novell does it for the LAN? I want to just move a
- >selected subset of images from a photo archive into a Macintosh folder,
- >generate a report correlating Macintosh image filenames along with a
- >description of the selected images, and then use that report on the
- >PC connected to the same LAN as the Macintosh to process those images.
- >Anyone have an answer? Is there any documentation on how Novell does it?
- >Thanks in advance. I'm just a LAN novice, so don't flame me.
- > seedrom@netcom.com
- Please see the June 1992 Netware Application notes in this you will find a diss
- ion about name spaces and file names. Please get the July 1992 issue as well
- because there is an eratta sheet included. If you want more detailed infor
- mation on this subject please email me directly.
-
-
- Regards
- Mike Brown
- micbrown@wc.novell.com
-
- Opinions expressed here are mine and not necessarily Novells.
-