RE: [TCLUG:6859] writing Joliet cds

[schewe@tcfreenet.org]

On  8 Jul, Unni Nambiar wrote:
> I'm not familiar with the -J option, since the mkisofs that i built on

That's what makes it a Joliet cd.  See the Joliet filesystem allows 64
character filenames using unicode characters, so you get upper and
lower case.  This is something MS uses a lot.  There is also the Romeo
filesystem that allows 128 character filenames, but they're all one
case because they aren't unicode.  Otherwise you're stuck with the
standard ridge rock extensions which only allows 8.3, or possibly 32
character with case insensitivity.  Now I have written cd's that handle
log filenames and cases and they work fine under Linux.  Windows on the
other hand dies badly on them.  If it can read them at all it chops off
all the filenames.  This is why I'm trying to write Joliet cds in the
first place, I want OS's other than Unix to be able to read them.  I
love Unix, but there are times when Windows is what is used and needed.
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