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From: LC.YRS@forsythe.stanford.edu (Richard Stanton)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: 4DOS filename truncation problem solved
Message-ID: <7907@lindy.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 6 Feb 90 23:30:31 GMT
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Thanks to the people who suggested that the filename truncation I
noticed might be due to my using "/" as a separator instead of "\".

You were right.

Typing

move circle10.pk tt/circle10.pk

results in the file circl.pk being created in subdirectory tt. The
confirmation message also uses this file name. Thus 4DOS truncates
the name to 8 characters including tt/, and then DOS is quite happy
to accept the separator /.

Note, however, that if I try the same command but with "copy"
instead of "move", I get the message

Invalid parameter "tt/circle10.pk"

There is a relatively minor bug here, I think. Now why I should have
used "/" instead of "\" I have no idea.

Richard Stanton