Hey NetWare users -

Several subscribers have voiced this blatant shortcoming recently and I
have not seen any response from IBM.

There is a serious and growing opposition to ADSM at our datacenter for
this very reason. Users are saying "If I can't restore a file, this
product is useless."

Let me know if this is not the right forum for this sort of issue, but I
believe a prompt response from IBM is in order.

Ron Clendenny
Callaway Nuclear Plant
Fulton, Missouri
<rdclendenny AT cal.ue DOT com>

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robinson, Cris [SMTP:Cris.Robinson AT LIBERTYMUTUAL DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 1997 11:55 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Long file names
>
> Sharon -
> We are have the same problem! in fact I posted a message yesterday on
> the same topic. IBM seems to have their head in the sand on this one!
> What good is 8.3 in this day and age.
>
> Yoohoo.. IBM.. Novell anyone home?
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sharon Stidd [SMTP:sstidd AT CLOVER DOT NET]
> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 1997 11:44 AM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      FW: Long file names
> >
> > How does adsm handle long file names?  The adsm client code is
> running
> > on NetWare, but the files that reside on the netware servers are
> from
> > Win95 users.  Therefore they can use 32-char file names.  Adsm
> thinks
> > it can only have the usual 8-char names as in DOS.  Is there an
> option
> > to specify in the client options file?  My users are telling me that
> > when they try to do a restore of a file with a long name, that adsm
> is
> > truncating the filename and when the first several characters of
> > different files are identical, it is hard to tell which file is
> which.
> > Help!