Hi, i havent tried ls, thanks for the tip, both the file on the cd and the one copied to the hd of my linux box have a filename that is shortened when read from midnight commander.
thanks again, i'll try ls (i'll be on holiday for awhile before i can post results) mw -----Original Message----- From: Richard Hector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:05 AM To: Debian-User Subject: RE: How do you recover a long filename that Wndows squashed? On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 02:48, Wathen, Metherion wrote: > Hi, > when i use dpkg -i with the shortened name, dpkg returns no such file error. > so that's why i have to go back to the windows machine and get the long > name. it's like mc or the system knows the correct name it just doesnt > display it. kinda weird, huh. So what do conventional tools such as ls show? I just tried renaming a package and it installed fine, so the name itself isn't a problem. I take it you're looking at the file on the CD; you haven't copied it to the hard disk? Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
