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Re: parts.lst and mklst(?).exe.
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lugnet.cad.dev
Date: 
Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:58:54 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Johannes Keukelaar wrote:

> Is there any chance that the mklst program could be modified to
> accurately reflect the case of the files in question? I.e., if a file
> is called 1234a.dat, could it be entered in the parts.lst file as
> such, rather than 1234A.DAT? Or is this information perhaps not
> available to pure MSDOS programs, as mklst.exe must be? (In which case
> I will have to find another solution.)

I believe that straight-DOS programs don't have mixed-case filename information.
A pure DOS hard-drive actually stores all filenames on the harddrive in upper
case, and MSDOS under Windows maintains upper-case-only for compatibility with
older DOS programs.

Steve



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  parts.lst and mklst(?).exe.
 
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