Hi Per!
I've found article in win95 RK which looks useful to you:
Supporting Long Filenames on NetWare Servers
Computers running Windows 95 can use long filenames on NetWare 3.x and 4.x
volumes configured to use the OS/2 namespace, which emulates an HPFS
volume. Filenames on such NetWare volumes have a maximum length of 254
characters and use an 8.3 truncation on the first instance of the filename.
For example:
longfilenameold.tst --> LONGFILE.TST
longfilenamenew.tst --> LONGFIL0.TST
To enable long filenames on a NetWare volume
1. At the NetWare server console prompt, type the following lines:
load os2
add name space os2 to volume sys
2. Then add the following line to the STARTUP.CNF file:
load os2
3. Shut down the file server. Then copy the file OS2.NAM from the NetWare
distribution disks or compact disc to the same disk and directory that
contains SERVER.EXE on the NetWare file server.
4. Restart the NetWare file server.
If you have problems with this procedure, contact Novell for more
information.
When you use long filenames for files on a NetWare volume while running
Windows 95, the following exceptions occur:
¹ You cannot use a combination of short names and long names for a path
used in an MS-DOS Prompt window
¹ You cannot use cd in an MS-DOS Prompt window to switch directories using
first a long filename, then using a trunctated name, or vice versa
¹ You cannot use dir in an MS-DOS Prompt window to check a directory on a
NetWare server if you used a truncated name to switch to that directory
To avoid these problems, use Windows Explorer. Otherwise, avoid long
directory names if you do a lot of work at the command prompt.
NetWare 3.11 servers experience problems with applications that open a
large number of files. Error messages report these problems as sharing or
lock violations, or report a “file not found” error when you know the file
exists, or report other errors in opening files. Novell supplies a patch
for this problem, which you can obtain from the Novell forum on
CompuServe¯.
However, if you have not applied the patch, this problem affects how
NetWare 3.11 servers handle long filenames, even if the OS/2 namespace is
enabled. To avoid such problems, Windows 95 Setup only enables
long-filename support with NetWare servers version 3.12 or higher.
If the NetWare patch has been applied at your site, you can ensure support
for long filenames with all NetWare servers by setting SupportLFN=2 in the
following Registry key:
Hkey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\Nwredir
The possible values for this Registry key are the following:
¹ 0, which indicates that long filenames are not supported on NetWare
servers.
¹ 1 (the default), which indicates that long filenames are supported on
NetWare servers version 3.12 and greater.
¹ 2, which indicates that long filenames are supported if the NetWare
server supports long filenames. This can include NetWare 3.11 servers where
the patch has been applied.
These values can also be set globally using system policies. The related
policy name is Support Long Filenames under the policies for Client for
NetWare Networks.
Have a happy day
Vladimir Shevchenko
> I installed my software on a novell 3.12 server, but Im using long
> filename.
> Is there a solution on this problem. Is there a *.nam file for win95
files
> or??
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