Re: Trouble uploading two files with the same first 8.3 chars. AllVers
  By: Digital Man to Electrosys on Sun Mar 03 2019 09:32 pm


 > > >>> And... on the BBS the short names are reversed?

 > >>> The second short name is never generated on the BBS. So when I
 > >>> upload the second file the same short name is generated the same as
 > >>> the first file.

 > >>> In the dir listing its showing -imaginary before -pixie which is
 > >>> what I expect.

 > >>> It asigned GALGOX~1 to -pixie because I uploaded that one first in
 > >>> this particular test case.

 > >>> GALGOX~2 is never assigned on the BBS. So I'm not sure I'm actually
 > >>> able to
 > >>> answer your question.

 > DM>> When you list the files on theBBS, it shows the short names and
 > DM>> the long names. Are they reversed?

 >> It doesn't apear so, this is the first file that is uploaded and I see
 >> it is assigned GALGOX~1.XM

 >> GALGOX~1.XM  A 23.7K galgox-pixieplanet.xm

 >> Are there any other pertinant details that could be useful for trying
 >> to figure this out?

 DM> I guess I'm really sure what you're trying to figure out. Windows decides
 DM> the short filename, not Synchronet. Synchronet should get/store the same
 DM> file name that you see when you run "dir /x" on the file. If you replace
 DM> the file *after* you add it to the filebase, that could change the short
 DM> filename which would cause a mismatch. Did you do that?

I have had my system going since about 2007 so its possible I have done that at
some point, but it would not have been with these files. At any rate, I have
tried starting freshing each time I have tested this so I wouldn't have changed
the file name in this case.

Even if I upload something like mytestfile1.txt and mytestfile2.txt the same
short name is generated for the second file and I am unable to upload the
second file using the batch upload menu.

Do you think since I have had my system since 2007 that its possible I missed
an update somewhere? Something that wasn't covered by sbup217b or the 3/1/19
dev update?

Thanks,
Electrosys

P.S.

I would offer to have you come try it yourself on my board but I botched a
network setting in win7, I created an extra LAN network and now my external
traffic doesn't come in right. I can't find the dialog to remove it. I found it
once, but when I did find it I couldn't remove it until I had disabled it, and
when I disable it I can't find that dialog. I'm working on migrating the board
off of windows. But I want the system completly stable first.
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