[softwarelist] Re: SparkFS 1.41 (RISC OS) - Zip size max?
From: Martin Devon <martin.devon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: davidpilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 16:16:27 +0100
In message <JfqOhWBRQvRGFwbi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[snip]
> <wistful musing> I think a lot of people have trouble with this area,
> pity that there's no fix. In other words next week this topic will start
> again somewhere </>
>
At the risk of stirring up more mud, there is an interesting
difference in the mapping schemes between LanMan98 or Sunfish on one
hand and HostFS in VirtualAcorn on the other.
(Assuming type a91 is mapped as .zip)
A zip file called "new" saved under LanMan98 appears on Windows as
"new,a91" while a file "new/zip" appears as "new.zip"
Under HostFS "new" appears as "new.zip" and "new/zip" turns up as
"new.zip.zip"
Interestingly HostFS cannot copy a zip file"new" as "new/zip" in the
same directory.
HostFS is happy to interpret say "new.zip" and "new.jpg" (as seen in
Windows) as two files both named "new" in the same directory but with
different icons, while LanMan98 produces new/zip and new/jpg
respectively.
Martin
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Martin R. Devon MSc
Consulting Engineer, Box, Wilts, UK
RISC OS in the Timber Frame Housing Industry
