How can one determine the DOS 8.3 name of a Word 2000
file? We are using the ISYS 5 search program, which
indexes files based on the DOS file name. When we
encounter problems with a file, we can't determine which
file is causing the problem because we don't know how to
reconcile between the 8.3 name and the long name we use.

We would certainly appreciate any help! Thanks.

Run dir /x on the folder holding the document.

hth
DDS W 2k MVP MCSE

"Sue Parkhurst" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:212c01c3e062$9d1b3a50$(E-Mail Removed)...
> How can one determine the DOS 8.3 name of a Word 2000
> file? We are using the ISYS 5 search program, which
> indexes files based on the DOS file name. When we
> encounter problems with a file, we can't determine which
> file is causing the problem because we don't know how to
> reconcile between the 8.3 name and the long name we use.
>
> We would certainly appreciate any help! Thanks.

Sue Parkhurst wrote:

> How can one determine the DOS 8.3 name of a Word 2000
> file? We are using the ISYS 5 search program, which
> indexes files based on the DOS file name. When we
> encounter problems with a file, we can't determine which
> file is causing the problem because we don't know how to
> reconcile between the 8.3 name and the long name we use.
>
> We would certainly appreciate any help! Thanks.

C:\cmd>rlist demo\ShowShortFileName.cmd
=====begin C:\cmd\demo\ShowShortFileName.cmd ====================
01. @echo off
02. setlocal
03. if [%2] neq [] (set LFN=%*) else (set LFN=%~1)
04. if defined LFN goto :TEST
05. set /p LFN="Type in the LONG name of the file: "
06. if not defined LFN goto :EOF
07. :TEST
08. if exist "%LFN%" goto :FOUND
09. echo/File "%LFN%" does not exist.&goto :EOF
10. :FOUND
11. for %%a in ("%LFN%") do @echo/The DOS (Short) name is %%~sfa
=====end C:\cmd\demo\ShowShortFileName.cmd ====================

C:\cmd>c:\cmd\demo\ShowShortFileName.cmd %temp%\the quick brown fox.txt
The DOS (Short) name is c:\Temp\THEQUI~1.TXT

C:\cmd>c:\cmd\demo\ShowShortFileName.cmd
Type in the LONG name of the file: c:\temp\the quick brown fox.doc
File "c:\temp\the quick brown fox.doc" does not exist.

C:\cmd>c:\cmd\demo\ShowShortFileName.cmd c:\cmd\demo\ShowShortFileName.cmd
The DOS (Short) name is c:\cmd\demo\SHOWSH~1.CMD

C:\cmd>c:\cmd\demo\ShowShortFileName.cmd
Type in the LONG name of the file: C:\Program Files\InstallShield Installation Information\{5CD29180-A95E-11D3-A4EB-00C04F7BDB2C}\Setup.ini

The DOS (Short) name is C:\PROGRA~1\INSTAL~1\{5CD29~1\Setup.ini

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Phil Robyn
Univ. of California, Berkeley

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