RE: How do you recover a long filename that Wndows squashed?

["Wathen, Metherion" <mwathen@bsadesign.com>]

Hi,
i havent tried ls, thanks for the tip, both the file on the cd and the one
copied to the hd of my linux box have a filename that is shortened when read
from midnight commander.

thanks again, i'll try ls
(i'll be on holiday for awhile before i can post results)
mw

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Hector [mailto:rhector@actrix.gen.nz]
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 9:05 AM
To: Debian-User
Subject: RE: How do you recover a long filename that Wndows squashed?


On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 02:48, Wathen, Metherion wrote:
> Hi,
> when i use dpkg -i with the shortened name, dpkg returns no such file
error.
> so that's why i have to go back to the windows machine and get the long
> name. it's like mc or the system knows the correct name it just doesnt
> display it. kinda weird, huh.

So what do conventional tools such as ls show?

I just tried renaming a package and it installed fine, so the name
itself isn't a problem.

I take it you're looking at the file on the CD; you haven't copied it to
the hard disk?

Richard



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