cdburners - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

7 Feb 2002

On Feb 7, 14:42, John Foust wrote:
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  At 03:33 PM 2/7/2002 -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
 ISO9660 CD's are limited to containing
filenames of no more
than 32 characters in length. At least, everytime I try to
burn a CD, those web pages I've saved that have filenames
that are longer result in a dialog box that requires me to
either type an alternate name or accept the munged version
that it creates itself. 
 If you're gathering files on a Windows PC, and using PC-based
 burning software, they all support the "Joliet" extensions
 which allow 255-char paths.  Maybe you should tell us which
 platforms and packages you're using. 
Please don't use Joliet for anything that might want to be read on other
systems.  Another case of MS needlessly reinventing the wheel.  Rock Ridge
is portable, and is also understood by Windows.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York