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Re: files not seen and "too many letters in filename" error



Reply to note from Harry Binswanger <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:05:51
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Harry,

> Occasionally , Xy cannot see (many) files that a CMD.EXE dir
> command show to be present in the directory Xy is logged into.

I experience this, too. I think it happens when the directory contains long filenames with no
corresponding 8.3 names -- which can occur under some circumstances, even if the system is
configured to generate 8.3 names. You can identify these files by commanding DIR/X; if a file has no
8.3 filename, the column for short names will be blank. I'm not aware of any Xy-workaround. (Now,
wouldn't it be nice if Claude could modify XyWrite to make it recognize LFNs?)

> Correlatively, occasionally, I try to CAll a file that XyWrite
> does show in the directory but get "Too many letters in file name"
> (and that's patently not the case).

I can't say that I've encountered this.

-- 
Carl Distefano
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