Subject: bin/14596: Long filenames on FAT Partitions
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <r.phillips@mailbox.uq.edu.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/16/2001 13:05:48
>Number: 14596
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Long file names on FAT partions not preserved in Windows.
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Nov 15 19:12:01 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Ray Phillips
>Release: NetBSD 1.5.2
>Organization:
JMKRC, University of Queensland
>Environment:
System: NetBSD tmstage1.jkmrc.uq.edu.au 1.5.2 NetBSD 1.5.2 (GENERIC) #3: Sat Aug 18 23:37:05 CEST 2001 he@hamster.urc.uninett.no:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC i386
>Description:
Whan a FAT16 partition is mounted an a PC running NetBSD/i386 1.5.2 and some files are ftp'd to it (from a Macintosh in this case) the long file names are created properly, but they're not preserved when viewed on a Windows 95 machine--they become the same as their abbreviated 8.3 form.
The problem occurs when a file name contains this pattern
'some letters' '.' 'a space' 'some letters' '.' 'some letters'
although this isn't always the case. Note that the file name 'ord. fl.1.mus' was not altered in the listings supplied later in this PR.
>How-To-Repeat:
Mount a drive containing a FAT16 partition on a PC running NetBSD/i386 1.5.2 and ftp some files to it from a Macintosh using Fetch 3.0.3. I assume it doesn't matter where the files are ftp'd from. :) Come to think of it, I didn't try just creating a file on the FAT partition in NetBSD and seeing if its name remained the same in Windows 95--presumably that makes no difference either. The files I was using when I discovered this anomaly are shown in the following listings.
Mac Listing
===========
Alchemy of Love <- Folder name
Alc. cb.mus
Alc. fl1.mus
Alc. harp.mus
Alc. timps.mus
Alc.bssn1.mus
Alc.cl.1.mus
Alc.Cl2.mus
Ordinary Man <- Folder name
ord. fl.1.mus
ord. hp.mus
ord.bssn.1.mus
ord.bssn.2.mus
ord.cb.mus
foo <- Folder name
foo. bar.1
foo.bar.1
NetBSD Listing
==============
ray# pwd
/mnt/kf/expt
ray# ls -l
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8192 Nov 13 18:28 Alchemy of Love
drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8192 Nov 13 18:31 Ordinary Man
drwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 8192 Nov 13 18:35 foo
ray# cd 'Alchemy of Love'
ray# ls -l
total 2328
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 332833 Nov 13 18:29 Alc. cb.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 331452 Nov 13 18:29 Alc. fl1.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 367174 Nov 13 18:29 Alc. harp.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 295349 Nov 13 18:29 Alc. timps.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 337871 Nov 13 18:29 Alc.Cl2.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 337174 Nov 13 18:29 Alc.bssn1.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 348775 Nov 13 18:29 Alc.cl.1.mus
ray# cd ../'Ordinary Man'
ray# ls -l
total 1168
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 239694 Nov 13 18:32 ord. fl.1.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 215859 Nov 13 18:32 ord. hp.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 241066 Nov 13 18:32 ord.bssn.1.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 235304 Nov 13 18:32 ord.bssn.2.mus
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 240864 Nov 13 18:32 ord.cb.mus
ray# cd ../foo
ray# ls -l
total 16
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 Nov 13 18:35 foo. bar.1
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 3 Nov 13 18:35 foo.bar.1
ray#
PC Listing
==========
D:\> cd
D:\kf\expt
D:\> dir/s
Volume in drive D has no label
Volume Serial Number is 1E4C-1BFE
Directory of D:\kf\expt
. <DIR> 11-13-01 8:24a .
.. <DIR> 11-13-01 8:24a ..
ALCHEM~1 <DIR> 11-13-01 8:28a Alchemy of Love
FOO <DIR> 11-13-01 8:35a foo
ORDINA~1 <DIR> 11-13-01 8:31a Ordinary Man
0 file(s) 0 bytes
Directory of D:\kf\expt\Alchemy of Love
. <DIR> 11-13-01 8:28a .
.. <DIR> 11-13-01 8:28a ..
ALC CB~1 MUS 332,833 11-13-01 8:29a ALC CB~1.MUS
ALC FL~1 MUS 331,452 11-13-01 8:29a ALC FL~1.MUS
ALCBSS~1 MUS 337,174 11-13-01 8:29a Alc.bssn1.mus
ALCCL1~1 MUS 348,775 11-13-01 8:29a Alc.cl.1.mus
ALCCL2~1 MUS 337,871 11-13-01 8:29a Alc.Cl2.mus
ALCHAR~1 MUS 367,174 11-13-01 8:29a Alc. harp.mus
ALCTIM~1 MUS 295,349 11-13-01 8:29a Alc. timps.mus
7 file(s) 2,350,628 bytes
Directory of D:\kf\expt\foo
. <DIR> 11-13-01 8:35a .
.. <DIR> 11-13-01 8:35a ..
FOO BA~1 1 3 11-13-01 8:35a FOO BA~1.1
FOOBAR~1 1 3 11-13-01 8:35a foo.bar.1
2 file(s) 6 bytes
Directory of D:\kf\expt\Ordinary Man
. <DIR> 11-13-01 8:31a .
.. <DIR> 11-13-01 8:31a ..
ORD HP~1 MUS 215,859 11-13-01 8:32a ORD HP~1.MUS
ORDBSS~1 MUS 241,066 11-13-01 8:32a ord.bssn.1.mus
ORDBSS~2 MUS 235,304 11-13-01 8:32a ord.bssn.2.mus
ORDCB~1 MUS 240,864 11-13-01 8:32a ord.cb.mus
ORDFL1~1 MUS 239,694 11-13-01 8:32a ord. fl.1.mus
5 file(s) 1,172,787 bytes
Total files listed:
14 file(s) 3,523,421 bytes
11 dir(s) 130,187,264 bytes free
>Fix:
unknown
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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