Long filenames in Netware 5

[Fuse42]

I am having problems loading a program that utilizes long filenames onto my Netware 5 server. I was under the impression that Netware 5 automaticly supported long filenames. I trien loading an NLM that was suppose to enable long filename capability but I recieved a reply from the console saying that it was already loaded. Any help would be appreciated greatly.

John
his.jcv@wshmc.org

 

[TheLad]

Type VOLUMES at your server console. If the volume supports DOS and LONG, your volume supports long filenames. The file is LONG.NAM which should have been added automatically when the volume was created.

What errors do you get when loading the package onto your server? Some programs do not like compression on NetWare volumes -----------------------------------------------------
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[Fuse42]

Thank you. I found out that my SYS volume was setup for long filenames but not my VOL1 I browsed the net and found the "add name space long to VOL1" command. Now when I type VOLUMES it shows that both volumes can use long filenames (but VOL1 still doesn't yet). Do I have to dismount and mount VOL1 to make the changes apply? Or do I have to reboot the server? Its kind of hard to do that because the server is for the ER at my hospital and they operate 24-7. I can probably dismount and mount the volume easy enough. Restarting will be a tedius chore of notifying a large grumpy staff. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Again!

 

[TheLad]

It should take effect immediately. Try creating something like a TXT file with a long filename to see if it definately works or not. -----------------------------------------------------
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[dan]

If you need long file name for MACs, you might also need to load MAC.NAM
Dan