[Coco] NitrOS-9 copdir command

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/28/04 2:45:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
idezilla at yahoo.com writes:

> The "copdir" command works great.
>  Would like to change it's internal
>  filename length. Sometimes it refuses 
>  long filenames. Anyone got the source?

Are you talking OS-9 or Windows/Mac file names?  The latter are allowed up to 
255 chars (ISTR), which is unlimited as far as humans are concerned.

OS-9 is a bit tricky.  The 6809 version allows 29-char filenames, but in OS/K 
(68K version, as in MM/1) the length dropped to 28 chars, to allow an extra 
byte for sector offset.

I got burnt by this when transferring a disk full of files from Coco to MM/1. 
  Ended up with a 29-to-28-char filename that couldn't finished being 
created, but couldn't be deleted either.  Anyway, you should allow at least 29 chars. 
 --Mike K.