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Details of how to check for problems with DOS 8+3 file-name restrictions.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 22 Aug 2009 08:22:29 +0000
parents 558b3eb1324e
children 193ed6e5acb9
files admin/notes/newfile
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/admin/notes/newfile	Sat Aug 22 00:17:56 2009 +0000
+++ b/admin/notes/newfile	Sat Aug 22 08:22:29 2009 +0000
@@ -6,6 +6,14 @@
 format, copyright and license notice, etc).
 
 ** Make sure the filename does not cause the DOS port any problems (8+3).
+Run the `doschk' program like this:
+
+    find /path/to/emacs -print | doshck
+
+and examine the output for DOS-related problems.  The sections of
+output under the headings "The following files are not valid DOS file
+names:" and "The following resolve to the same DOS file names:" should
+not include any files that end up in the release tarball.
 
 ** Make the ChangeLog entry in the name of the author(s), not your own name.