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  • From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
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  • Subject: Re: [BL] FAT16 filename anomaly
  • Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 09:19:07 +1300

Justin Gombos wrote:
>

> I noticed some strange filename issues when BL3 mounts
> a FAT16 partition. If you run:
>
> touch basename.ext1.ext2 && ls
>
> it will list the file as "basename.ext1"

That is a characteristic of FAT16 (DOS) partitions.
It only records eight characters before the dot and
three characters behind the dot. All other characters
(and case) are lost when the file is saved to that
filesystem.

> It gets confusing

Yes, it can be confusing. Except to us DOS dinosaurs,
who grew up with 8.3 filenames.

Cheers,
Steven





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