Re: [MiNT] ext2fs and TOS domain

[josephus <catbird@airmail.net>]

hi,
   why not port or have the msdos mechanism of linux.
   it would be a module or add-on routine than would be
   optional or only loaded on demand from TOSFS.
      josephus


Frank Naumann wrote:

> Hello!
>
> > > > What you wrote let me think TOS domain support from ext2fs is already a
> > > > dirty hack.
> > > There are no special routines for TOS domain at all.
> >
> > Then you should have wrote code to prevent access from TOS domain. ;-)
>
> There are also programs out that don't switch to TOS domain but they work
> fine with long/case-sensitive names.
>
> > Did you read my mail ?
>
> I thought so :-) Maybe I had misunderstand you.
>
> > Now that I think of this code as a kernel part, there could be a
> > MINT.CNF option to control this. A value to see only files with
> > lowercase 8.3 filenames from TOS domain app, another to see them all,
> > but then with possible duplicates. This could even be controled on a per
> > drive letter basis.
>
> Enhancing the Fsfirst/Fsnext emulation solve hopefully your problems.
> There are routines in the fatfs.c that validate filenames against TOS/DOS
> convention if you want to reuse it.
>
> > Do you agree with this ?
>
> Improvements are always welcome.
>
> Tschuess
>    ...Frank
>
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