31 Characters... (help me please)

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  1. blackpeter, Mar 31, 2002

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    I'm trying to use my roomate's iMac as a file-server (we're both on the same network), but he's running OS 9. I've got hundreds of media files I'd like to transfer, but I'm getting error code -37 because my OSX file names are longer than 31 characters.

    Does anyone know a program (or a technique) that'll easily reduce many file names down to 31 characters? T

    Thanks for any help*
     
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  2. whfsdude, Mar 31, 2002

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  3. Choppaface, Mar 31, 2002

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    there's an app called kilometre browser i think.. look it up on versiontracker.com

    it will view long file names in OS 9
    dunno if this helps much

    you could also try burning them to CDs...
     
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  4. evildead, Mar 31, 2002

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    whfsdude is right

    If you set up carracho client/server to transfer the files then Carracho will truncate the filenames. You might get some garbage at the end of the file name but it will work. Set you OS X box to be ther server and set the OS 9 box to be the client.

    One interesting note, hotline does not do that. I am using it to share files in my subnet with a PC, if the file names are too big on the PC, they cant be uploaded to me, it just hangs.
     
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