Re: [MiNT] MiNTlib - new functions

[Konrad Kokoszkiewicz <draco@mi.com.pl>]

> 2) better support for LFN
> 
> In PARCP I use fopen(filename, "wb") for creating a file but I never
> bothered converting the filename to 8+3 if the dest filesystem was FAT.
> I always thought GEMDOS would convert it for me. However I have just got
> a bug report that said copying a filename containing SPACE char is a
> real killer for TOS FAT.
> 
> For example by creating a "ab de" filename GEMDOS really writes the "ab
> de" filename (including the space) to directory entry. But then, when
> reading the directory it shows just "ab". Thus the file is no longer
> readable, rename or delete is not possible.
> 
> I thought it would be nice if MiNTlib converted the filename for me.
> Any opinions or algorithms?

I have no idea on truncating long filenames under TOS, but for spaces TOS
4 itself gives an example: the desktop (if I remember correctly) converts
spaces into underline characters.

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