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no long file name support. As this is used for embedded systems, we 
never got any request for long file name support

Gus
--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Curtis" <plc@r...> wrote:
> Hi Gus, 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gus [mailto:gus_is_working@y...] 
> > Sent: 21 July 2005 19:29
> > To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [AVR-Chat] Re: readin USB thumb drive and USB keyboards
> > 
> > a reliable FAT 12,16 and 32 with read and write is a lot of 
> > code. I don't what you are talking about but with our 
> > optomized code it is about 50K flash and 5K RAM
> 
> I'd have to agree that a reliable FAT12/FAT16 implementation is 
rather
> more complex that a simple read-only-from-top-level-directory file
> system.  Do you implement VFAT too, so long filenames are 
supported?
> That's something I have yet to implement and it really, really 
doesn't
> look at all pleasant!
> 
> I'd also say that Microsoft have a document that covers how FAT 
works
> but when you come to interoperate FAT with different operating 
systems
> you find other nasty surprises thrown at you that are at odds with 
the
> specification.  Just try using a FAT-formatted volume with one FAT
> (rather than the usual two) with some FAT libraries and you find 
just
> how badly code can be written and left untested.
> 
> --
> Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd  http://www.rowley.co.uk
> CrossWorks for MSP430, ARM, AVR and now MAXQ processors