Re: Filename truncation

[Rick Penticoff <rpenticoff@nospam.moscow.com>]

On 09:09 AM 12/18/00, Paul J. Bodin wrote:

>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.

Interesting.  Thanks for the info.

Rick