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If the problem is reducing to distributing files that retain original
filenames on CDs whose format does not support longer than 8.3 (ISO 9660),
but you need to stay with ISO 9660, you can try this strategy:
Compress the original files with an appropriate tool, such as WinZip,
Stuffit, etc., and name the archive files with 8.3 names. You can compress
many files into a single archive. Choose "remember folder names" to retain
the original structure.
When extracting the files from these archives, the original names will be
retained.
However, this will not fix the problem of names longer than a given OS will
support.
HTH
Regards,
Peter Gold
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> That's your problem right there.
>
> The Mac purports to have support for ISO 9660 discs ... and it does, but
> only at 'ISO 9660 Level 1' This means basically 8.3.
>
> You can get around the problem by burning a proper Mac/ISO hybrid which will
> allow you to have filenames up to the full limit of MAC OS 9.x of 31
> characters, but this obviously does not fix your filenames at 36 characters
>
> In either instance what happens is this
>
> Windows filenames:
> this is my file.pdf
> this is my other file.pdf
>
> On the Mac these become:
> this i~1.pdf
> this i~2.pdf
>
> Obviously since these are now the filenames that the mac is 'seeing' it can
> no longer 'see' the target files specified.
>
> OSX does not suffer from this problem.
>
> So your options are
>
> 1) re-author
>
> 2) Create a proper Mac/PC hybrid disc and re-author JUST the links that are
> longer than 31 characters.
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