RE: A82: Tiafho (now a long filename discussion)

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RE: A82: Tiafho (now a long filename discussion)

It's very possible.  Think about what you're saying.  edit the FAT, adjust the entry as needed.
	Now, think about it this way.  edit the VAT, add a variable, exit your shell.  Not possible on the 82 yet, but it better be possible on a PC!
	In addition, to avoid these problems in the future, why don't we just stick with the old PKZIP or maybe WinZip, which is very capable in it's own right?
Christopher Kalos
raptorone@stuytech.com
Executive Director/Administrator
Virtual Technologies Developer's Group


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From: 	Thomas J. Hruska[SMTP:thruska@tir.com]
Sent: 	Tuesday, January 20, 1998 6:38 PM
To: 	assembly-82@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: 	Re: A82: Tiafho (now a long filename discussion)


At 09:26 PM 1/19/98 EST, you wrote:
>
>In a message dated 98-01-19 19:48:01 EST, you write:
>
>> Look, I am an expert with using DOS.  Take my word or don't take it but you
>>  cannot edit any file with a space (character 32) in the name of it.
>>  PKUNZIP creates "TAIFHO R.DOC" not "TAIFHO~R.DOC" as you people seem to
>>  think it does.  There is no way around this except to rename the file
as it
>>  is unzipped again.
>
>but can't you go into file manager and rename the file that way?
>Please answer me, I'd like to know
>
>~Adamman

Nope.  Can't rename the file from File Manager.  File manager works the
same way DOS does to rename files.  To rename the files without using an
external DOS command, you will have to write a program to read the file in
and then write it out to a new file (if that is even possible which is
fairly unlikely to happen).


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