[Bug 23865] Microsoft Wine Guide (16-bit) unable to find files whose names end with .

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23865

--- Comment #6 from Michael Mc Donnell <michael at mcdonnell.dk> 2012-06-21 14:31:51 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #5)
> I was testing with Windows XP.
> 
> I think the problem is caused by filenames which with a dot being treated
> differently by the Windows CD-ROM (ISO 9660) filesystem compared to the Linux
> one.
> 
> The Windows ISO 9660 filesystem removes trailing dots from filenames when you
> get a directory listing. The Linux ISO 9660 code doesn't. So Wine needs to be
> able to handle that.
> 
> With MS Wine Guide, it tries to open a file named "sherry" say. If that file
> doesn't exist, Wine should try opening "sherry." instead. Doing that should fix
> this issue. I guess the Windows ISO 9660 code must be doing something like that
> already? (Or perhaps it strips trailing dots from names when reading the
> directory, so opening "sherry" in Windows would automatically open "sherry.".)

I think you are right about it being an ISO 9660 issue. That unfortunately
makes it a whole lot more tricky to fix.

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