On 10/23/06, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > Note that there's a funny thing with this: the 8.3 name generated from the > LFN is not guaranteed to remain constant. Say you create a file > testtesttest.txt in an empty directory. Its SFN is now testte~1.txt. Now > create a file testte~1.txt -- this is possible. The SFN of the first file > is now testte~2.txt. OK, how do you create a file named "testte~1.txt" when testtesttest.txt already has a SFN of testte~1.txt? Bill -- Psst... Hey, you... Buddy... Want a kitten? straycatblues.petfinder.org -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist