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Re: FAT FS Dir Entry Structure Format


> 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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