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8.3 names bug.

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First post, by Fj_

Posted on 2005-07-05, 22:53

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Have two folders with long names of "Lost Vikings 2" and "Lost Vikings", that have corresponding short aliases of "LOSTVI~1" and "LOSTVI~2" in that very order due to the order of creation. However, dosbox ignores short alias stored in the filesystem and names these folders in the alphabetical i.e. reverse order. That causes some confusion when using D-FEND frontend that uses correct short names from the OS.

However the bug is easily bypassed by renaming folders in a specific order.

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Reply 1 of 8, by DosFreak

Posted on 2005-07-05, 23:39

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Bypassed even easier by using 8.3 character filenames......

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Reply 2 of 8, by `Moe`

Posted on 2005-07-06, 15:46

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As has been said before: do not rely on names longer than 8.3. Not even windows itself uses consistent naming for them.

Reply 3 of 8, by Qbix

Posted on 2005-07-06, 15:58

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well it can be argued that if our names differ from the windows names that it's considered a bug

We never claim to use the ones windows uses.

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Reply 4 of 8, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2005-07-06, 16:18

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GetShortPathName in Kernel32.dll could do the trick, but then there is portability again...

Reply 5 of 8, by Qbix

Posted on 2005-07-06, 16:29

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portability goes above the match between windows names and dosbox names.

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Reply 6 of 8, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-07-06, 17:30

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How about just putting a warning and/or disclaimer about long filenames in the DOSBox readme?

Reply 7 of 8, by barfoot

Posted on 2005-07-09, 04:09

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HunterZ wrote:
How about just putting a warning and/or disclaimer about long filenames in the DOSBox readme?

Wait.. people read the readme file? I know I haven't been around these forums very long, but I got the feeling the biggest issue around here is that no one ever reads the readme.

Reply 8 of 8, by HunterZ

Posted on 2005-07-09, 04:25

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Agreed, but at least we'd be able to claim that we warned them and then lock the thread...

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