Applications that want 8.3 names

[erx]

Most "setup.exe" programs are stubs that are 16-bit executables, and want 8.3
filenames.



ERX


>-----Original Message-----
>From: samba-technical-bounces+esteadle=spinnakernet.com at lists.samba.org
>[mailto:samba-technical-bounces+esteadle=spinnakernet.com at lists.samba.or
>g]On Behalf Of Richard Sharpe
>Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 1:56 PM
>To: samba-technical at samba.org
>Subject: Applications that want 8.3 names
>
>
>Hi,
>
>Is anyone aware of Windows applications that will only deal with 8.3 names
>and cannot deal with long file names?
>
>Regards
>-----
>Richard Sharpe, rsharpe[at]ns.aus.com, rsharpe[at]samba.org,
>sharpe[at]ethereal.com, http://www.richardsharpe.com