"Frank Gilliland" wrote in message
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On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 03:27:55 -0400, "Leland C. Scott"
wrote in :

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Frank, the FAT doesn't have anything to do with the long or short file
names. The Windows OS does it by first building a standard DOS directory
entry for any file. After this is one or more directory entries where the
attribute bits have an invalid setting are built.


So THAT'S how it works.....

Yup.



This is a real hack job by Microsoft, waste full of space, and elegant
it's
not, but it does work.


Classic MS kludge-ware. But that's what we have learned to expect from
Uncle Bill. And did I hear wrong or is MicroSquash working on a Linux
rip-off, too?

I don't know about that, but don't be surprised if they are. Back in the
80's they did have a deal worked out with an outfit call Santa-Cruz for a
Unix look alike OS I think.


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