FAT32 weird Dir command results

[Kevin Hatfield]

The command:
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dir
c:\webshare\scripts\pharmacy\data_entry_system\web_to_inven
tory\BA12*.rdr

Returns this:
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Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 38D8-A4C3

Directory of
C:\webshare\scripts\pharmacy\data_entry_system\web_to_inven
tory

09/11/2003 02:09p 665
BA99_user_05_14050038_09112003.rdr
09/12/2003 10:07a 442
BA12_user_XX_10030033_09122003.rdr
2 File(s) 1,107 bytes
0 Dir(s) 3,679,776,768 bytes free

BA12*.rdr should only display files starting with "BA12".
Note that below a file starting with "BA99" is displayed.
It isn't just the DIR command. The fso object in scripting
as well as the Search in the Win2K GUI does the same
thing. The files have never been renamed. They were
originally created through a remote FTP session. The
client FTP was a custom Active-X control using the INET
common control, the 6.0 one in VB. This problem may have
been happening sporatically over the last two years since
moving from WinNT to Windows 2K Server. All volumes are
hardware serveraid 5 using write-through and formatted
FAT32. The volume this is occuring on is the root drive C
and is 8GB. A checkdisk and reboot is done weekly. Thanks
for any help you can think of.

 

[johnnyo411]

Could you try the following dir command and post
results,,,,,

dir BA12*_user*.rdr OR
dir BA12*_user.rdr

you can use multiple * in statements

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Kevin

Have you done a "DIR /X" to see what the short file names are?

Also, see this MS Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=327151

Best regards

Bjorn