Backup files and long filenames

[A. Wik]

Hi all,

I've noticed that Vim does not, when running in plain DOS, find the backup files it created with long filenames when running under Win98.

Is there a solution?

Regards,

Albert.

[Ottavio Caruso]

Probably not, because Win98 and Dos (which version?) use two different
implementations of FAT.


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[A. Wik]

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 13:35, 'Ottavio Caruso' via vim_use <vim...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

On Thu, 17 Sep 2020 at 08:57, A. Wik <awi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've noticed that Vim does not, when running in plain DOS, find the backup files it created with long filenames when running under Win98.
>
> Is there a solution?

Probably not, because Win98 and Dos (which version?) use two different
implementations of FAT.

I know that much.  Version is MS-DOS 7.10 -- the version that comes with Win98SE.

I was thinking maybe there was a way to make Vim use short (8.3) filenames for backup files.

-aw