Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-11 Thread Erik Steffl
dman wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:26:07AM +0100, Eric Smith wrote: > > | oops - now I get this: > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] 2 $ cp Samenwerkingsovereenkomst.doc /floppy&&ls > /floppy > | projec~1.dot samenwer.doc samenw~1.doc > | > | > | which I prefer to the ~

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 10:31:56AM -0500, dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 10:06:40PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > | The default order comes from /proc/filesystems. There, msdos precedes > | msdos. > > . Obviously a typo :-). Amusing to consider that possibility

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread dman
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 10:06:40PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: | The default order comes from /proc/filesystems. There, msdos precedes | msdos. . Obviously a typo :-). Amusing to consider that possibility though. | > > You can specify a preferred order in /etc/filesystems and have it | > >

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread dman
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:26:07AM +0100, Eric Smith wrote: | oops - now I get this: | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~] 2 $ cp Samenwerkingsovereenkomst.doc /floppy&&ls /floppy | projec~1.dot samenwer.doc samenw~1.doc | | | which I prefer to the ~1 type but it still aint what I

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread Gary Turner
On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:26:07 +0100, Eric Smith wrote: >According to Eric Smith on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:09:23AM +0100: >> According to dman on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:58:40AM -0500: >> > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: >> > | Eric Smith wrote: > >oops - now I get th

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread Eric Smith
According to Eric Smith on Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:09:23AM +0100: > According to dman on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:58:40AM -0500: > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > | Eric Smith wrote: > > | > > > | > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of >

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread Eric Smith
According to dman on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 07:58:40AM -0500: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > | Eric Smith wrote: > | > > | > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of > | > projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows. > | >

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread Gary Turner
On Sun, 09 Dec 2001 22:06:40 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: >on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:09:49PM -0500, Stephen Gran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >wrote: >> Thus spake dman: > >> > The easiest way is to edit /etc/filesystems and list vfat above msdos. >> > When you specify a type of "auto", mount must try

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-10 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:09:49PM -0500, Stephen Gran ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Thus spake dman: > > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > > | Eric Smith wrote: > > | > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of > > | > projec~1.doc on floppies wh

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-09 Thread Eric G. Miller
On Sun, 9 Dec 2001 20:09:49 -0500, Stephen Gran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > > The easiest way is to edit /etc/filesystems and list vfat above msdos. > > When you specify a type of "auto", mount must try things (in some > > order) to find one that works. For some reason it defaults to tryi

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-09 Thread Mark Ferlatte
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 08:09:49PM -0500, Stephen Gran wrote (0.41): > I'm sorry to ask, but what package is that from? It's not on my box It's not actually shipped with any package, but mount will read it if it exists. man mount, and search the page for /etc/filesystems (it's in the docs for th

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-09 Thread Stephen Gran
Thus spake dman: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: > | Eric Smith wrote: > | > > | > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of > | > projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows. > | > | mount it as vfat (mount -t vfat)? > >

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-09 Thread dman
On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 02:56:04AM -0800, Erik Steffl wrote: | Eric Smith wrote: | > | > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of | > projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows. | | mount it as vfat (mount -t vfat)? The easiest way is to edit /etc/fi

Re: 8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-09 Thread Erik Steffl
Eric Smith wrote: > > How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of > projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows. mount it as vfat (mount -t vfat)?

8 character filenames on msdos floppy

2001-12-09 Thread Eric Smith
How do I get unabridged filenames viz project_one.doc insead of projec~1.doc on floppies where files have been saved in windows. thanx -- Eric Smith