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It’s really FAT32 we’re worried about now, not MS-DOS.
And doschk is no longer a GNU program.
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Paul Eggert
2022-07-25 16:15:20 -07:00
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@@ -10199,11 +10199,9 @@ contain @samp{/-}. Avoid deep directory nesting. For portability to
old Unix hosts, limit your file name components to 14 characters or
less.
If you intend to have your @command{tar} archives to be read under
MSDOS, you should not rely on case distinction for file names, and you
might use the @acronym{GNU} @command{doschk} program for helping you
further diagnosing illegal MSDOS names, which are even more limited
than System V's.
If you intend to have your @command{tar} archives to be read on
case-insensitive file systems like FAT32,
you should not rely on case distinction for file names.
@node dereference
@subsection Symbolic Links