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    From ignatius@46:1/700 to All on Fri Aug 9 00:01:54 2024
    Anyone know of a way to make DOSBox output lowercase filenames that are created by a FTN tosser (IMP-MAIL.EXE)? I'm trying to get FTN working with Impulse/Linux..


    Thanks,
    ignatius
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  • From nelgin@46:1/194 to ignatius on Fri Aug 9 00:41:46 2024
    On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 00:01:54 -0500
    "ignatius" (46:1/700) <ignatius@f700.n1.z46.fidonet> wrote:

    Anyone know of a way to make DOSBox output lowercase filenames that
    are created by a FTN tosser (IMP-MAIL.EXE)? I'm trying to get FTN
    working with Impulse/Linux..


    Thanks,
    ignatius
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    Natively, no. DOSBOX follows DOS which creates uppercase, case
    insensitive filenames.

    A few options:

    1. Create a separate ext4 file system with the -O casefold option wit
    mkfs.ext4 then mount it with mount -o casefold. This is experimental so
    may or may not work.

    2. Create a VFAT file system that you can mount on DOSBOX and Linux
    should handle it in a case insensitive manner.

    3. Use an overlay file system. I'm not too familiar with those so you'd
    have to do some research.

    4. Use a Linux tosser or a BBS package like Synchronet that has the
    tosser built in.

    Tho all this could be BS cos I have no idea what Impulse/Linux is :)
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