Re: Filename truncation

["Paul J. Bodin" <Paul@nospam.SierraBodins.org>]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2000 01:22:27 -0600 (CST), Rick Penticoff wrote:

>Several days ago I too uninstalled Norton System Works 2000.  Other than 
>freeing up some system resources (on my Win98SE machine) I haven't noticed 
>any other major differences.  I've opened and closed several NBW files a 
>bunch since then, and while the primary filenames haven't been truncated 
>(yet), the .bak versions have.  I've even deleted the .bak versions several 
>times, and each time I open the primary file and work in it, the.bak 
>version filename gets truncated.

I believe that the *.bak files are a legacy of the DOS process, named
via a DOS call.  Since DOS remains, ever and always, 8.3 in its file
naming conventions, the *.bak files will remain 8.3 as long as this
method continues.  You won't be able to reconfigure your system to
change that.

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