Long filename question on burning CD

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (May 22), Stephen Liu said:
> Most filenames saved exceed 8 characters. After burning on CD they
> can be read comfortable on the same OS as well as other Lunux/Unix
> boxes. The problem comes while reading the same CD on Window
> Explorer, XP, ME, etc. The filename can't read clearly because all of
> them changed to 8 character max, such as ~01, ~02, etc. Is there any
> solution on burning CD allowing the long filename (exceeding 8
> characters) can be read clearly on Windows identical to their name
> read on Linux/Unix

Make sure you pass the flags -J and -r to mkisofs; they enable the
Joliet and Rock Ridge extensions, which will attach Windows and Unix
filenames to each entry in the ISO image.  See the mkisofs manpage for
more info.

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	Dan Nelson
	dnelson at allantgroup.com