Date:         Thu, 13 Jan 2000 17:59:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
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From:         Jack Hamilton <JackHamilton@FIRSTHEALTH.COM>
Subject:      Re: filenames on WinNT
Comments: To: lpogoda@HOME.NOSPAM.COM
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"Lou Pogoda" <lpogoda@HOME.NOSPAM.COM> wrote:

>DOS may be "stupid" but it's not quite that stupid.  DOS will handle long
>file names, names with embedded spaces, etc. IF the file names are quoted.
>They'll show up in that tilde (~) format when you issue a DIR command in a
>DOS window, but if you look at the filename in explorer, the real, long file
>name is there.

If I go to a DOS window under NT and issue the DIR command, I will
see the long filename:

   C:\temp2>dir shock*.*
    Volume in drive C is C
    Volume Serial Number is 1164-1503

    Directory of C:\temp2

   23/12/99  10:29a               386,275 shockwaveinstaller.exe
                  1 File(s)        386,275 bytes

If I issue the command DIR /X I will see both the long and the short
filename:

   C:\temp2>dir /x shock*.*
    Volume in drive C is C
    Volume Serial Number is 1164-1503

    Directory of C:\temp2

   23/12/99  10:29a               386,275 SHOCKW~1.EXE    shockwaveinstaller.exe
                  1 File(s)        386,275 bytes

It appears that DOS running in an window (which is the only way to get to DOS
under NT) knows about long file names.  Perhaps it doesn't under Win95.

My puzzle of the moment is why dates are showing up as dd/mm/yy instead of
mm/dd/yy or yy/mm/dd.  Does Windows think I'm in another country?  If so, why?




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JackHamilton@FirstHealth.com
Development Manager, Technical Group
METRICS Department, First Health
West Sacramento, California USA