And all this applies only if you can see the files on you server.  If
some has deleted a bunch, they don't have the luxury of looking at it
via Win95 and DOS.

Bruce

Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF. wrote:
>
> Hello Alan,
>
> this right is the Netware "filescan" right. You have to give it on each
> Netware volume, for every user doing restores.
>
> Then, the user can open a dos windows and use the DIR command: he will see
> both 8.3 AND the corresponding long names.
>
> Another possibility is to use the Win95 client, Explorer, click right on the
> file name, choose MAP. He will then be directly positionned to the right
> directory in the DOS window and will get the whole path in 8.3 names.
>
> He could also look in the Property tab of the file to get the 8.3 name (this
> has to be done for every directory level, too tedious!)
>
> Regards,
>
> Reni Lambelet - *3543 - *A581
> Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestli - CH-1800 Vevey
> Tel: ++41/21/924'35'43 / Fax: ++41/21/924'45'89
> E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alan White [SMTP:arw AT tipper.demon.co DOT uk]
> > Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 5:53 PM
> > To:   Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF.
> > Subject:      Netware Long Filenames
> >
> > Rene
> >
> > Thanks for your response, could you let a poor non-Netware person in on
> > what a Netware "F" is and what it can do? My Netware people tell me its
> > almost impossible to get the correspondence between long and 8.3
> > filenames.
> >
> > TIA
> > Alan