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Subject: Re: Need longer filenames
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Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 10:37:40 GMT


In article <1rfdkqINN8s2@zephyr.grace.cri.nz>, maystonr@grace.cri.nz (Richard Mayston) writes:
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> Subject: Re: Need longer filenames
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> From: maystonr@grace.cri.nz (Richard Mayston)
> Date: Mon, 26 Apr 93 03:24:42 GMT-1:00
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> In article <765461d518325t9@infoserv.com> hfeldman@infoserv.com (Howard MITCHell Feldman) writes:
> >In <1993Apr19.211044.28763@guinness.idbsu.edu>, lhighley@gozer.idbsu.edu (Larry Paul Highley)  wrote:
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> >> Is there a utility out there that will let me use filenames longer than
> >> the standard 8.3 format.  
> >
> Yep, it's called OS2!
> 
Yep, you can use any type of UNIX, or maybe VMS, or buy a MAC or something...
  If you want longer filenames for your documents, I heard of a wordprocessor for
windows which let you assign long names to files. Those long filenames could only be
seen from that programs open/save dialogs though... Maybe someone knows more about
this wordprocessor than I do?
            
