Re: Long filenames

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Date sent:   	Tue, 15 Jun 1999 09:32:03 EDT
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Subject:    	Re: Long filenames

Please,

could I get a copy of your program ?
Thanks.

> This isn't much of a work-around, I admit, but I created an "LDIR" command in
> my customized command file that does the following:
> 1. Freeze screen; change dir format to read/write
> 2. Call minimal dir and delete contents
> 3. Go to DOS and do dir command, with parameters for sorting; redirect this
> with ">" to a temp file
> 4. Back in Xy4, MErge the temp file into the emptied-out directory from step
> 2; I think I do some minor formatting here, too (substitute spaces for the
> dot in the 8-dot-3 entries? -- I don't have the code in front of me)
> 5. Unfreeze screen; reestablish read-only dir format
>
> This is a real kludge, but it gives me both long and short directory entries,
> in a Xy4 directory format from which I can open, copy, delete, move, etc.
>
> I could turn this into a stand-alone pgm if there's demand (right now it's
> tied into another routine for a most-recently-used list), but I have to
> emphasize that it's definitely a kludge. I suspect Robert or Carl could
> (will?) come up with something more elegant.
>
> The intrepid among you should be able to follow the outline to create your
> own kludge.
>
> Tim Baehr
> tbaehr@xxxxxxxx


dr. Andrea Chiozzi
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