Subj : The FUTURE
To   : Deuce
From : Time Warrior
Date : Wed Sep 21 2005 12:55 am

From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet

  To: Deuce
  Re: The FUTURE
  By: Deuce to Time Warrior on Mon Sep 19 2005 07:01 am

 > To: Time Warrior
 > Re: The FUTURE By: Time Warrior to Deuce on Fri Sep 16 2005 21:21:00

 >  > Someone coming in on "manual" FTP as you describe, inputting the interna
 >  > code name WOULD WORK they would just be invisible. Not to mention, seeing
 >  > the commands are determined by the server and not the client -- you could
 >  > make a "dir list" command that does a directory listing of the "internal
 >  > code" names instead of the long name listings.

 > In which case you need to ensure that the long name doesn't conflict with th
 > short name of a different dir.

For Sysops who wish this advantage, it's a small price to pay. Not to mention 
an easy thing to do. For example:

BBSAPLC

"BBS Applications" = BBSAPPL

No conflict.

:-)

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