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  1. Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.advocacy
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!jaguar.cs.utah.edu!brian
  3. From: brian%jaguar.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill)
  4. Subject: Re: HPFS File Names (Was Re: Damned good recovery)
  5. Date: 20 Aug 92 13:51:32 MDT
  6. Message-ID: <1992Aug20.135132.10003@hellgate.utah.edu>
  7. Organization: University of Utah CS Dept
  8. References: <GKUSHMER.92Aug11130348@jade.tufts.edu> <Gary.Woodman.606.713670434@anu.edu.au> <1992Aug13.135134.19106@msc.cornell.edu> <1992Aug20.142854.5032@gw.wmich.edu> <Lrf-Y7-@engin.umich.edu>
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  11. In article <Lrf-Y7-@engin.umich.edu> jwh@citi.umich.edu writes:
  12. ...
  13. >What would be really nice is if you could assign your own 8.3 name to
  14. >any file and have DOS applications use that filename instead of 
  15. >simply being blind to the file.  For example, I would like to have
  16. >some subdirectories which contain only 8.3 names.  Unfortunately all
  17. >parent directories must also conform to 8.3 names for DOS applications
  18. NT fixes this -- if you are on an NTFS volume, 8.3 names are automatically
  19. assigned for the long names.
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  22. >James W. Howe                  internet: jwh@citi.umich.edu
  23. >University of Michigan             uucp: uunet!mailrus!citi.umich.edu!jwh
  24. >Ann Arbor, MI   48103-4943         
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  29. Brian
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