Subject: Re: FAT Problem
To: Ray Phillips <r.phillips@mailbox.uq.edu.au>
From: David Maxwell <david@vex.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/14/2001 13:26:59
This looks like a valid problem. Best to use send-pr to file a report on
it.

It would be interesting to see if the problem exists on FreeBSD as well,
since I believe that's where msdosfs came from.

On Tue, Nov 13, 2001 at 11:46:27AM +1000, Ray Phillips wrote:
> There seems to be a problem with NetBSD's handling of long file names 
> on FAT file systems, judging by this experience...

> The problem occurs when a file name contains this pattern
> 
>      'some letters' '.' 'a space' 'some letters' '.' 'some letters'
> NetBSD Listing
> ==============
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  332833 Nov 13 18:29 Alc. cb.mus
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  331452 Nov 13 18:29 Alc. fl1.mus
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  367174 Nov 13 18:29 Alc. harp.mus
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  295349 Nov 13 18:29 Alc. timps.mus
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  337871 Nov 13 18:29 Alc.Cl2.mus
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  337174 Nov 13 18:29 Alc.bssn1.mus
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  348775 Nov 13 18:29 Alc.cl.1.mus
> PC Listing
> ==========
> ALC CB~1 MUS       332,833  11-13-01  8:29a ALC CB~1.MUS
> ALC FL~1 MUS       331,452  11-13-01  8:29a ALC FL~1.MUS
> ALCBSS~1 MUS       337,174  11-13-01  8:29a Alc.bssn1.mus
> ALCCL1~1 MUS       348,775  11-13-01  8:29a Alc.cl.1.mus
> ALCCL2~1 MUS       337,871  11-13-01  8:29a Alc.Cl2.mus
> ALCHAR~1 MUS       367,174  11-13-01  8:29a Alc. harp.mus
> ALCTIM~1 MUS       295,349  11-13-01  8:29a Alc. timps.mus

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