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    From Jim Haight@1:229/426 to All on Fri Sep 1 17:39:57 2017
    stupid question as I just opened D'Bridge for the first time. In the configuration path to nodelist file, it doesn't like long file names I suppose. Should I abbreviate or change the file name so it is not so long. I tried this but D'Bridge didn't like it.

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  • From Ward Dossche@2:292/854 to Jim Haight on Sat Sep 2 00:27:11 2017
    stupid question as I just opened D'Bridge for the first time. In the configuration path to nodelist file, it doesn't like long file names I suppose. Should I abbreviate or change the file name so it is not so
    long. I tried this but D'Bridge didn't like it.

    D'Bridge is typical DOS, so any filename needs to be of the XXXXXXXX.YYY type.

    Why would you have long filenames for the nodelist? It has a standard 8+3 naming convention.

    \%/@rd

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  • From Nick Andre@1:229/426 to Jim Haight on Fri Sep 1 18:25:51 2017
    On 1 Sep 17 17:39, Jim Haight said the following to All:

    stupid question as I just opened D'Bridge for the first time. In the configuration path to nodelist file, it doesn't like long file names I suppose. Should I abbreviate or change the file name so it is not so long. tried this but D'Bridge didn't like it.

    Correct. D'Bridge uses MS-DOS "8.3" filenames and directory paths.

    Nick

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  • From Benny Pedersen@2:230/0 to Jim Haight on Sat Sep 2 13:51:02 2017
    Hello Jim!

    01 Sep 2017 17:39, Jim Haight wrote to All:

    stupid question as I just opened D'Bridge for the first time. In the
    configuration path to nodelist file,

    what nodelist have long filenames ?

    it doesn't like long file names I suppose.

    this is a dos limit, not a dbridge limit

    Should I abbreviate or change the file name so it is not so long.

    yes please only use dos filename in 8.3 name pattern

    I tried this but D'Bridge didn't like it.

    you get more friends if you keep dos filenames, and aswell no SafeWall.399 :=) (make it lower Case, not mixed)


    Regards Benny

    ... there can only be one way of life, and it works :)

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  • From Roger Nelson@1:3828/7 to Jim Haight on Sat Sep 2 21:45:28 2017
    On Fri Sep-01-2017 17:39, Jim Haight (1:229/426) wrote to All:

    stupid question as I just opened D'Bridge for the first time. In
    the configuration path to nodelist file, it doesn't like long file
    names I suppose. Should I abbreviate or change the file name so it
    is not so long. I tried this but D'Bridge didn't like it.

    I would be interested to know where you are getting nodelists with long filenames and the exact filename you are receiving. Can you supply us with that?


    Regards,

    Roger
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