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Date:	Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:11:08 PST8
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Long Filenames on Windows 98 file and print sharing

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I wrote to Brandon Allbery about his "trick" technique
(see link in previous post) to get long filenames from
Win98 over the network.

Below is his reply. I believe this is why I thought
that some patch to a Win98 driver might fix the problem.

In times past, Brandon was a regular contributor to the POSSI list.

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On 08/23/00 Steve Carter wrote:
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| Brandon Allbery:
| ...
| My Win98 FAT32 drive share appears as 8.3 filenames from my networked
| OS/2 system. I can write long filenames and lower case from the Win98 ...
+--->8

I got it to work with Win95, but the trick broke with Win98.

I don't think anyone has figured out what magic NetBIOS protocol
level Win98 is looking for.

-- brandon s. allbery os/2,linux,solaris,perl allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
...

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On 12/18/03, Harry Motin wrote, in part:
>
>Can anyone answer the following questions for me, please:?
>
>On my OS/2 machine, when I view the shared files and folders that are on
>Windows machines, I can see the full, long names for the files and folders
>on the Windows XP machines, but not for the ones on the Windows 98 machine.
>
>The file and folder names on the 98 machine are truncated with that "~" sign.
>Why?
>Is it that the XP machines use the NT file system and Windows 98 uses FAT32?
>
>Would I be able to see the full file and folder names, if I installed
>FAT32 on my OS/2 machine? Thanks for your help in this matter.
>
>HCM
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