[P1] Long file names in OS 9

[Brad Lincoln]

Roberto,

Mac OS 9 will read the files from OS X without any modification. Mac OS 
9 will truncate the file names and if I remember correctly you will 
have to rename the files when you go back to Mac OS X. If your still 
intersted in modify your file names take a look at A Better Finder 
Renamer http://www.versiontracker.com/moreinfo.fcgi?id=11366&db=mac.

-Brad


On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 07:55  AM, Roberto wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'd have a question.
>
> I have to move some hundreds of files from my iceBook (running Mac OS 
> X.2)
> to my old Power Mac (running Mac OS 9.1), but unfortunately all these 
> files
> feature names too long for Mac OS 9, so I'd have to rename them all,
> shortening their file name somehow.
>
> Doing this manually would take a lot of time: does anyone know if 
> there is
> any smart utility which does it automatically (that is, an utility
> performing a sort of «batch file name truncating for Mac OS 9»)?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Roberto Giannotta
> Trieste, Italy
>
>
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