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Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2003 18:32:07 PST8
From:	"Harry Motin" <hmotin@sbcglobal.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "scoug-help@scoug.com" > scoug-help@scoug.com > ,
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Long Filenames on Windows 98 file and print sharing

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Steve,

Thanks for your quick response. Now, I have a better understanding of the problem. I'm
not sure what I'm going to do with it, however, since Brandon's trick/workaround
apparently does not work with Windows 98.

It's interesting that Windows XP does not care that OA/2 advertises the older version of
NetBEUI, since I can see the complete, long filenames of the shares on those boxes.
HCM

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:11:08 PST8, Steve Carter wrote:

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>I wrote to Brandon Allbery about his "trick" technique
>(see link in previous post) to get long filenames from
>Win98 over the network.
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>Below is his reply. I believe this is why I thought
>that some patch to a Win98 driver might fix the problem.
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>In times past, Brandon was a regular contributor to the POSSI list.
>
> --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--
>On 08/23/00 Steve Carter wrote:
>+-----
>| Brandon Allbery:
>| ...
>| My Win98 FAT32 drive share appears as 8.3 filenames from my networked
>| OS/2 system. I can write long filenames and lower case from the Win98 ...
>+--->8
>
>I got it to work with Win95, but the trick broke with Win98.
>
>I don't think anyone has figured out what magic NetBIOS protocol
>level Win98 is looking for.
>
>
>-- brandon s. allbery os/2,linux,solaris,perl allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
>...
>
>+++++++++++++++++++++++
>On 12/18/03, Harry Motin wrote, in part:
>>
>>Can anyone answer the following questions for me, please:?
>>
>>On my OS/2 machine, when I view the shared files and folders that are on
>>Windows machines, I can see the full, long names for the files and folders
>>on the Windows XP machines, but not for the ones on the Windows 98 machine.
>>
>>The file and folder names on the 98 machine are truncated with that "~" sign.
>>Why?
>>Is it that the XP machines use the NT file system and Windows 98 uses FAT32?
>>
>>Would I be able to see the full file and folder names, if I installed
>>FAT32 on my OS/2 machine? Thanks for your help in this matter.
>>
>>HCM
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