cdburners

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Thu Feb 7 14:42:55 2002

At 03:33 PM 2/7/2002 -0500, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
>ISO9660 CD's are limited to containing filenames of no more
>than 32 characters in length. At least, everytime I try to
>burn a CD, those web pages I've saved that have filenames
>that are longer result in a dialog box that requires me to
>either type an alternate name or accept the munged version
>that it creates itself.

If you're gathering files on a Windows PC, and using PC-based
burning software, they all support the "Joliet" extensions
which allow 255-char paths. Maybe you should tell us which
platforms and packages you're using.

- John
Received on Thu Feb 07 2002 - 14:42:55 GMT