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Re: [MiNT] Fwd: AW: Re: on Mega ST



I think LHARC.TTP will do on extract (unconfirmed atm - ie not the shell)

On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 09:14:07 , Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 2011/8/20 Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr>:
>> > m0n0 a wrote:
>> >>
>> >> If you can't create an folder with "-" in it, then there is either
>> >> an desktop or
>> >
>> > Michael is right, TOS 1.x desktops don't allow to type the '-' character,
>> > while of course they are fully legal and readable on FAT filesystems.
>> >
>> > When designing the x-y-cur scheme, it was a poor choice to choose a
>> > separator character which can't be typed with the standard OS...
>> >
>> > --
>> > Vincent Rivière
>> >
>> so a "c:\mint" is the only practical solution on some machines
>>
>> yes '-' is illegal when writing a TOS filename from GEM, but it can
>> read them (illegal char filenames are written OK from archives)
>>
>> Paul
>
>
> I just wondered if Two-in-One could create a "-" folder but it won't
> either.
>
> Peter
>