Subj : ftp server
To   : MRO
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Jun 14 2022 21:38:15

  Re: ftp server
  By: MRO to Digital Man on Tue Jun 14 2022 10:50 pm

 >   Re: ftp server
 >   By: Digital Man to MRO on Tue Jun 14 2022 12:12 pm
 >
 >
 >  >  > is there some type of trick i can use so i can get past this
 >  >  > limitation?
 >
 >  > Not currently.
 >
 > i would put that right on the top of the things to do with updating
 > synchronet's file base specs.
 >
 > i just imported a bunch of dirs and it made a huge mess because of the dir
 > codes.  the filename 8.3 limit prevented a decent import

No, that'd be the 8-char code suffix limit.

 >  > I can add an additional "virtual directory name" field (per directory)
 >  > that could be used for that purpose. You'd likely need to do a lot of
 >  > copy/pasting or typing to get that field populated how you like (for each
 >  > directory) though.
 >
 > >Or would you just prefer an option to just use the
 >  > already-configured short or long directory name *as* the virtual
 >  > directory name in place of the internal code (as is done now)?
 >
 >
 > this sounds good. people would have more descriptive dir name listings if
 > they have long file names.

Long directory names I think you mean, but yes, I understand.

 > it would also be good to make a virtual dir on the ftp server where it
 > shows the directory for the users and the sub dirs.

I'm not clear what you're suggesting there.
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