on 3/11/04 1:18 am, Rick Lee wrote: >>> These are usually MS-DOS file systems - and they don't understand the > Mac's > concept of a "File Creation Date".<< > > Martin... this brings up a question that I've been meaning to ask about. > I'm a Windows using photog so I used to tell all of my Mac-using clients to > install the Joliet file system (http://www.tempel.org/joliet/) so that they > could see my long filenames. Joliet doesn't work with OSX, so I was > wondering... does OSX read Windows long filenames? If not, is there a fix > available somewhere?
I can't tell you today - as I'm at home and don't have access to a Windows box here. Panther allows ridiculously long folder and file names. But, to be honest, I don't see why they are necessary? If you want to store information about your images you're better off using metadata. Long folder and file names are a PITA if you ever need to pass the data through any kind of scripted workflow :-( Everybody seems to be moaning about the fact that they have 20,000 images called DSC100011 nowadays - but that is far easier to cope with than a single file with a name that contains characters that are guaranteed to screw at least one operating system, like ": / \ ! �" to name just a few :-( And, the longer the file name, the more likely it'll be that one of those nasty little blighters will be in there. Regards -- Martin Orpen Idea Digital Imaging Ltd -- The Image Specialists http://www.idea-digital.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
