Re: Trouble uploading two files with the same first 8.3 chars. AllVers
  By: Electrosys to Digital Man on Mon Mar 04 2019 09:04 am

 >   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
 >  DM> decides the short filename, not Synchronet. Synchronet should get/store
 >  DM> the same file name that you see when you run "dir /x" on the file. If
 >  DM> you replace the file *after* you add it to the filebase, that could
 >  DM> change the short filename which would cause a mismatch. Did you do
 >  DM> 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?

No, Synchronet has nothing to do with the generation of the short filenames. I
thought I already explained that.

                                            digital man

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