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Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2003 10:55:49 PST8
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Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Long Filenames on Windows 98 file and print sharing

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Hello everbody
I do understand that FAT16 is 8.3 convention only !
Long file names are possible with FAT32 and higher WIN OS'es file
systems i.e. NTFS !!

Initially an OS/2 FAT32 file system driver came from Henk Kelder (the
author of WPtools) =

but has gone to Netlabs.ORG !!!

HTH a little bit !?

Regards, svobi

raydav@charter.net on 18/12/2003 18:55:28
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Subject: SCOUG-Help: Long Filenames on Windows 98 file and print sharing

Harry Motin wrote:
> =

> 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.

I just tried it--partially. I have WIN32 support on my primary
machine. =

It has WIN files on FAT16 and FAT32 partitions. OS/2 can read long =

directory and file names on the FAT32 but not the FAT16.

Across the net is a box running W98 and has files on FAT16 only. OS/2 =

from the primary machine cannot read those names. My guess is that if =

the partition was FAT32 they would be readable.

Will cost you one line in config.sys to find out.
IFS=3DE:\OS2\FAT32.IFS /EAS /CACHE:2048

Ray

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