Re: [MiNT] Odd problem with minix

["Guido Flohr" <gufl0000@stud.uni-sb.de>]

Hi,

On Sat, Jun 19, 1999 at 02:16:16PM +0200, Martin "Nightowl" Byttebier wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Today I ran into something strange.
> On a minix partition I've 4 text files named like this:
> 
> -rw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel         873 Jun 19 14:18 new-last-month.txt
> -rw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel        1488 Jun  4 22:30 new-last-week.txt
> -rw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel        2940 Jun 19 14:33 new-this-month.txt
> -rw-rw-rw-   1 root     wheel         892 Jun 19 14:32 new-this-week.txt 
>         
> The problem is that when I look to the contents of these files with 
> 1st-guide or textview (stringserver) all the files beginning with new-last 
> (or new-this) looks identical. If I for instance view 'new-last-week.txt' 
> it will show me the contence of 'new-last-month.txt'. With other words the 
> viewer show the contents of the alfabetical first file.

I think this is because the programs you mention run in the TOS-Domain and
not the MiNT-Domain.  The file name part that makes the difference gets
simply truncated.  And this would make it a kernel problem (and I think it
has been discussed here already).

What about some smarter filename translation algo?

Ciao

Guido
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