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Re: same Joliet name on long file names



Dear Folks,

On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 12:07:55AM +0200, scdbackup@gmx.net wrote:
> Nick > I am using graft-points, which worked fine on most files, except for a
> > few with long file names
> > ...
> > Is this a problem with a limitation on file name length in the
> > Joliet/Rock Ridge/iso9660 file system(s)?
> 
> To quote from man mkisofs :
> "The  Joliet  filenames  are
>  specified in Unicode and each path component can be
>  up to 64 Unicode characters long"
> I encountered various problems with -J and gave up using it.
> It is not suitable for backup purposes when you have to expect
> filenames unaware of Microsoft standards.
> Oh. -joliet-long is new to me. I should read man mkisofs more often.
> I already learned about -stream-media-size recently.

The -joliet-long option solves the problem for me, thank you.
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