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Re: Filename change to fit the "only one dot" limitation on DOS


No, the problem is when files *clash* when reduced to 8.3 filenames.
Otherwise, you can use longer names, but the fs won't store them.
Just like Windows is case insensitive, FAT is lfn-insensitive.  It
simply ignores characters beyond the 8.3 limits.

Under Win95, however the full long file names are preserved.

> This seems reasonable, although '-' is more standard for GDB source files
> than '_', and I would install the patch that way.  Just out of curiosity,
> why isn't it a problem that the generated filenames are longer than 8 chars?