On 10/23/06, John Pfaff <jpfaff1528@verizon.net> wrote:
> Right-click in the explorer window, go to 'new->text file' and name it
> 'testte~1.txt'.  The first file's 8.3 name will magically change to
> testte~2.txt.

You are indeed correct.  It looks like windows explorer is at fault
for renaming the short file name.  Hardly a "dos" program.  :-)
Still, it does the "right" thing.  It shouldn't give the user an error
about a conflicting name, when all the user can ever see in this
interface is the long file name, and the short file name is rarely
needed for 99% of today's users.

-Adam
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