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Offline Thomas

Re: FFS Long filenames?
« on: October 23, 2011, 09:45:28 PM »
Quote from: bbond007;664757
Is there a filesystem that does support over 30 characters? I tried PFS. No Dice...



RTFM!

Default setting is compatible to FFS. You can change this by shell commands.

Offline Thomas

Re: FFS Long filenames?
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2011, 08:08:58 AM »
Magellan is a bad example because it has an option for max. filename length. Older versions of DOpus might not. Workbench can be changed to long file names since 3.5 IIRC.

However, it's dangerous to set Workbench and the like to long file names and using a file system which cuts names off after 30 characters. For example let's imagine that "long_filename" becomes "long_file" and "long_filename.info" becomes "long_file", too, then the icon will overwrite the actual file. So be carefull to tell your copy program the real max. file name length the file system can handle.

Offline Thomas

Re: FFS Long filenames?
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 02:17:05 PM »
Use quick format. Complete format is not necessary, it only produces hot air anyway. And wastes a lot of time.