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Subject: Re: FAT Filename Mangling bug. (was: RE : Regarding the recent recording PANIC's)

Re: FAT Filename Mangling bug. (was: RE : Regarding the recent recording PANIC's)

From: Björn Stenberg <bjorn_at_haxx.se>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:46:51 +0200

Michael O'Quinn wrote:
> Not true.
>
> There are specific mapping rules that are defined for mangling long names
> into short. And if it's FAT (of whatever flavor) the short names are
> THERE, even if the OS normally hides them
>
> Here's what Micro$oft says in the Windoze-98 Resource Kit...

Yay, a docs arms race! :-) I'll raise you one:
  http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/download/hardware/fatgen103.pdf

This document, "FAT32 File System Specification", states as the only requirement that "the short name is automatically generated from the long name in such a way that it does not collide with an existing short name".

> Long File Name Support in Windows 98

That document is a description how Windows 98 creates short filenames, not a fat32 filesystem specification.

> But this does affect the ability to open the file from WIndoes 98, and it
> also confuses JBSync when it sees a new playlist created by RockBox.

Interesting. We've done it this way since november and you are the first to even notice it.

> it is worthy of it's own bug report.

Only if you can convince me that I am actually violating the specification and not just doing it differently than the win98 code.

-- 
Björn
Received on 2003-04-24

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