Re: Backup files and long filenames

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 13:35, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use <vim_use@googlegroups.com> wrote:

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 08:57, A. Wik <awik32@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I've noticed that Vim does not, when running in plain DOS, find the backup files it created with long filenames when running under Win98.
>
> Is there a solution?

Probably not, because Win98 and Dos (which version?) use two different
implementations of FAT.

I know that much.  Version is MS-DOS 7.10 -- the version that comes with Win98SE.

I was thinking maybe there was a way to make Vim use short (8.3) filenames for backup files.

-aw

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