Subject: Re: NetBSD 1.3.2 CD
To: Charles M. Hannum <mycroft@mit.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <skippy@macro.stanford.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 07/16/1998 13:53:21
On Thu, 16 Jul 1998, Charles M. Hannum wrote:
> > BUT the only directory at the top level is NETBSD-1.2! This was with a
> > MacOS machine reading the disk.
>
> Actually, that's the 8.3-mangled name. If your Mac did Rock Ridge, it
> would show up as `NetBSD-1.3.2'.
Hmm. I thought my mac did Rock Ridge. Evidently not! And the mangling's
consitent w/ all the names being uppercase.
> (It's a rather unfortunate mangling algorithm, eh?)
Indeed!
Take care,
Bill
P.S. Thanks for doing the mailing!