Re^5: Filename Surrounded by Quotes in a Scalar Variable Causes Open to Fail

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(PC DOS) Floppies are always FAT12. If Windows 10 formats one with FAT32, then Microsoft is up to their old tricks again — nothing else will read that.

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Re^6: Filename Surrounded by Quotes in a Scalar Variable Causes Open to Fail by Marshall (Canon) on Sep 06, 2020 at 00:20 UTC
Yes, this is correct. My main point is that there is no need to use an 8.3 filename in any modern program.	[reply]

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