Request for Patchreview

Ben Klein shacklein at gmail.com
Tue Jun 16 02:01:59 CDT 2009


2009/6/16 Dmitry Timoshkov <dmitry at codeweavers.com>:
> "André Hentschel" <nerv at dawncrow.de> wrote:
>
>> Fair enough.  We tend to mimic Windows behavior.  I hadn't checked
>> this myself.  Note that it still should be Install*.exe rather than
>> Instal*.exe, at least in English.
>> --Juan
>>
>> My tests worked with Instal*.exe files on english Windows, too.
>> I bet it is because of the instal~1.exe writing. (8.3 and 6##.3)
>
> There is no such a thing as '6##.3' file names under Windows.
> '~1' is just a part of short file name, and a long file name
> should still match the 'Install*.exe' wildcard.

I wish application devs believed this too. I've had issues with (even
Microsoft) apps using short filenames, at worst hard-coding "PROGRA~1"
for "Program Files", and the app failing to run because on my system
it happened to be some other number ... :)



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