in reply to Re^2: perl windows backtick problem
in thread perl windows backtick problem

But the BIG disadvantage is that there is no 1->1 mapping between the NTFS name and the 8.3 name! It is not possible to uniquely map a 32 character name into an 8 character name! ABCDEFGHIJ.EXE will have a different 8.3 name on different systems depending upon what other files are in the directory.

Let's see what the OP (original poster) has to say. I am curious as to the application...

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Re^4: perl windows backtick problem
by Anonymous Monk on Sep 22, 2011 at 07:52 UTC

    But the BIG disadvantage is that there is no

    HA!

    8.3 is a feature to support legacy applications developed for legacy filesystem

    It was never supposed to be a 1-to-1-mapping or relocatable between systems, that is impossible problem

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