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Number   :  2421
Date     :  2002-07-08
Author   :  Ian Kettleborough
Subject  :  Re: What does this warning message mean?
Size(KB) :  1


But the way xxcopy will mess up any programs, links that windows (95) uses.
I have programs that are probable more than 20 years old that I do use. I
have developed on DOS 1.1 and up, windows 2.1, up to windows 98. Writing
old useful assembly and C programs.

In not transfering the same short filenames, is not a consistent backup for
these programs. There are way(s) to make them the same.

If xxcopy does not duplicate the original shortened files then I and others
I know will not be able to use XXcopy.













At 03:19 AM 06/13/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Sorry for the shorthand without spelling it out.
>As Peter already said, SFN stands for Short File Name (the
>so-called 8.3 format name which was used by DOS)
>and LFN is for Long file name that was introduced in
>Windows 95/NT.
>
>In addition to XXTB #03 (http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy03.htm),
>I would like you to read XXTB #08 (http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy08.htm)
>which talks about why transferring files between FAT and NTFS will
>create a serious problem with the SFN-preservation feature.
>
>Kan Yabumoto
>=================================================================
>
>At 2002-06-12 22:49, you wrote:
>>SFN - what is that?
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>>Both drives are FAT32, both are located on the same system
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>>I would appreciate some further explanation about what happens when one
>>answers YES
>>
>>And what happend when you answer NO..
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>>I have search everything I can access or download from www.xxcopy.com, there
>>are several refernces to SFN as in the options, but that really does not do
>>what I asked about
>>
>>Thanks
>>Ian
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