Re: ADT long filename bug?

Ed,

"Ed Eastman" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I think the main reason I never have issues is that I always name my DSK
> files without spaces or extra characters and under 15 chars in length,
> just to be safe. Sort of a ProDOS/ MSDOS hybrid.

One example of file which manifested this problem/bug was
"super_zaxxon.dsk" - this would hang ADT on the PC after the "file not
found" error. Renaming it to "szaxxon.dsk" worked fine.

> Hmm, I'm sitting here thinking about it and a thought pops into my head.
> Is he specifying the extension? The newer OS does not show the
> extension but the transfer does require it.

Yes I am.

> I'm still thinking about this and it hits me that you may need to
> transfer the 'short name' instead of the long name of the file.
> abcdef~1.dsk instead of ABCDEFGHI.dsk. This is what worked under Win98
> for me.

Well, the workaround is a simple rename - that's fine for me. The
strange thing is that the DIR command from the Apple lists all the lonf
filenames flawlessly, so it looks as if there's a bug somewhere on the PC
side. Infact, the PC side ADT says it cannot find the truncated "filename"
not the correct long filename - this is what made me realize it was a long
filename problem.

In any case, I am happy never-the-less!

Luke


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