http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18292 Alexander Scott-Johns <alexander.scott.johns+winebug(a)googlemail.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |alexander.scott.johns+winebu | |g(a)googlemail.com --- Comment #1 from Alexander Scott-Johns <alexander.scott.johns+winebug(a)googlemail.com> 2009-04-29 19:16:04 --- (In reply to comment #0)
When Windows creates 8.3 names for long file names, it does so in the form Progra~1 and increments the number by one with each new creation of a similar filename. [...]
Microsoft has four patents related to long filenames on FAT, and recently tried to sue TomTom over them. Maybe this is why it isn't implemented properly - the Wine developers don't want to risk it. The patents may not apply to ext partitions though. * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_file_names * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FAT_licensing * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TomTom#Patent_infringement_lawsuit * http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/deep-in-microsofts-tomtom-linux-p... * http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9594 -- Configure bugmail: http://bugs.winehq.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching all bug changes.