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Re: FAT FS Dir Entry Structure Format
- From: Andrew Lunn <andrew at lunn dot ch>
- To: "Ramana B.V" <ramana_b_v at hotmail dot com>
- Cc: ecos-discuss at sourceware dot org
- Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:23:20 +0200
- Subject: Re: [ECOS] FAT FS Dir Entry Structure Format
- References: <BAY21-F148DB21E990F852DC192BCB430@phx.gbl>
> 3. If we use Long file names ( Not supported under ECOS FAT) then the names
> are being stored in a very funny way.
That is normal VFAT requires that the FAT filename is unique. So it
performs some form of hash on the long filename to produce a unique
short file name which is placed into the FAT. The long filename is
then placed into the VFAT extension.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table
Andrew
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