Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 01:52:17 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Long file name utility?
>Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 14:10:09 -0800 >From: Casey Karp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Witty, wise, weird, and wonderful, Matthew Hanson wrote at 01:36 PM >>Well... this is an option, but it looks like a rather grueling method. In >"Grueling". Now there's a word you don't see spelled correctly very often >these days. <laughter> I's be havin fun wit words :-) ... It's good to hear I'm getting a few of them spelt ;-P right though! >Agreed that it would be a pain in the rear; when I need to do something >like that, I tend to rely on "tree > tmp.txt" and a text editor. Under >Windows (if Windows is loadable), the easy solution is to select the >directories in question and use the "Send to clipboard as name" command >from the MS PowerToys. That was the problem. Windows wouldn't boot.... and after finally reinstalling it, it was (is still.... still working on it) corrupted as all heck. >>But I've already obliterated one partition with Ghost about a year >>ago. One wrong slip oon the command line.... and POOF! :<0 > >Yup. I've screwed up a couple of systems that way too. Guess you read my post on EZBios. That turned out okay. See my upcoming post on that. >>Good suggestion though. It is a possibility. > >Later thought: don't Win95/98 come with a program for backing up long >filenames? Could you use that to back up the long names and then use >something like pkzip to back up the actual files? Guess you read my post on the doslfnbk.exe utility I found. Worked well... but I'm surprised that there isn't (maybe there is) a standard piece of MS, or some other 'brand name' software that would do this a bit more easily. Matt _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
