09 Sep 34 15:10, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:   
      
      
    ml>> good point! but, sadly, not all areas can use fully spelled out   
    ml>> directory names... this one, however, fits perfectly into the 8.3   
    ml>> format! ;) :)   
      
    RW>> Kinda like putting a European echo name into FastEcho. Their   
    RW>> tendency to insert a . between two words doesn't always work out   
    RW>> like it should.   
      
    ml> it works fine for echotags... however, not all software creates area   
    ml> names based on the tags and not all software can handle long   
    ml> filenames...   
      
   FE software uses self-generated numbers to define an area and filenames,   
   IF it's an auto-added area.   
      
   That makes it awfully hard to find which directory is which when you're   
   wanting to look at msgs, etc...I use shortened names to define such   
   directorys. Windows doesn't mind a 20 character directory, but a DOS   
   interface will shorten it back to an 8.3 name and use a tild followed by a   
   number to define the last 9-inf.xxx names. So for convenience of the sysop   
   sake, I still use 8 characters for directorys and 8.3 names for files.   
      
    ml> FWIW: those dots in the area names have their origination in the   
    ml> usenet newsgroups formats...   
      
   That figures.   
      
    ml> the dots were seen as directory separators so there was easy   
    ml> conversion... i do it here with my JAMbases but am still limited to   
    ml> 8.3 lengths for each of them...   
      
    ml> eg:   
    ml> alt.audio.pro                     X:\JAM\GRPS\ALT\AUDIO\PRO   
    ml> rec.audio.pro.live-sound          X:\JAM\GRPS\REC\AUDIO\PRO\LIVE-SND   
    ml> rec.arts.movies.production.sound   
    ml> X:\JAM\GRPS\REC\ARTS\MOVIES\PRODUCTI.ON\SOUND   
      
   I hate that alt.crap.stuff.goes.here format. Yes, I know that 'special'   
   characters like ~\!,#$%^&*() etc., don't work there.   
      
    ml> MSG areas can also easily use this style...   
      
   I suppose. But that crap's not my style.   
      
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