Stephan Grossklass wrote: > Hello all, > > does anyone happen to have an algorithm to create unique short file > names from long ones? (Like the one in Win95, I mean.) My boss could use > one (it's planned to implement a descript.ion solution into an FTP > client he found the sources of), so I thought I'd better ask here before > the wheel gets invented twice ;). You may place your question there: http://www.experts-exchange.com/jsp/zonesAll.jsp I really recommend that site for any specific kind of IT related problems. So don't hesitate to create a free login & password there & then ask your question in one of the topic areas. Beware: The search function at that site doesn't work for quite a while now. Anyway, the experts there are quite friendly (you may participate yourself) & down to earth in their attitude. It was at EE where I learned from the existence of the calmira_tips mailing list, so I thought it would be fair to give the recommendation back. To unsubscribe, send a message to listar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe calmira_tips" in the body. OR visit http://freelists.dhs.org