[Coco] NitrOS-9 copdir command

[Paul T. Barton]

It's not the long filenames.
It's the extra long extention names,
ie anything larger than about 7-8 chars
dies. I just want to extend this (or
anything that'll help).

This is under NitrOS-9, 6309 L2, v322;
with the patched RBF.

Paul

--- KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:
> 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.



		
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