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Date: Sat, 8 Jun 91 14:43:21 EDT
From: Marc Cohen 8/443-3945 <mlcohen@bcrvmpc1.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Backing up HPFS files with long names
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc

>      Thanks for the info.  But this really sounds like the designer(s) of
>HPFS really haven't thought it through when they design it.  Just imagine this:
>     You have created a file on HPFS with filename abcdefghihj.klmnop.qrstuv,
>on you hard disk.  But then there's no way for you to back it up on the floppy
>with the original name.  So you save it with abcdefgh.klm .  So what's the use
>of HPFS anyway ?
>
>PS:  Hey, IBM and MS, here's one problem that should be solved with version 2.0
>
>T. Huynh

You have two ways of backing up the files onto floppy and saving the
long names. The BACKUP/RESTORE commands will do this for you. Also, if
you use the File Manager to copy the files, it will save the long names
in an EA on the floppy, and restore the file to its original name when
you bring it back to a hard file, again using the File Manager
(drag/drop) to copy it.


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