Autrijus Tang wrote on 2002-03-25 09:59 UTC:
The check83.pl checks for *duplicates* in 8.3 file system. This is to say,
if I have two files, named
DanKogaiSan.pm
DanKogaiHacker.pm
They will both become 'Dankogai.pm' in 8.3 filesystems, yielding a conflict.
I don't know a single file unpacking tool for 8.3 file systems that
would not automatically rename any file that is longer than 8.3 anyway.
8.3 is not a concern any more today. MS-DOS has had VFAT for half a
decade, ISO 9660 had had RockRidge and Joliet for half a decade, and I
don't think Perl ran ever or will ever run on CP/M.
Just forget about the 8.3 restriction.
Markus
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