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

[Richard Hector <rhector@actrix.gen.nz>]

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