Re: CVS for DOS?

[Todd Denniston]

Spiro Trikaliotis wrote:
> 
> Hello Todd,
> 
> * On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 09:17:08AM -0500 Todd Denniston wrote:
> 
> > sneakernet.
> 
> Yes, I fear it's the way I have to go. ;-(
<SNIP>
> 
> > if you don't the linux vfat driver will make your file &
> 
> Why should I use vfat on Linux? Wouldn't it make better sense to use FAT
> only, as MS-DOS cannot handle lower-case names and/or long filenames,
> anyway?
> 
<SNIP>
Actually as long as your file names are already 8.3 it makes little to no
difference, and all the difficulties I described for vfat would still apply
to fat as well. 


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Todd Denniston
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Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter