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From: mikef@pro-harvest.cts.com (Mike Fleming)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: GS/OS and lower case
Message-ID: <7734@crash.cts.com>
Date: 26 Feb 91 01:16:06 GMT
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GS/OS's ProDOS FST stores filenames the same as ProDOS 8 always did--in all
upper case.  The difference is that GS/OS (And any P8 program--suck as
Shrinkit 3.2-- that knows about it) uses the VERSION and MIN   ^^^such
VERSION as flags to determine weather a character should be upper or lower
case.  I.E:

 Version/ Min Version taken as a word: 1011100111000000
 Filename:                              FILE.NAME
 Effective Filename:                    File.Name
Note that the highest bit in the Version/ Min version word indicates if the
word is valid.  If it is 0, always ignore the word.

Periods are always considered upper case characters.

Mike Fleming
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