If
you copy files between a Macintosh and a PC using a PC-formatted
floppy or Zip disk, the filenames get chopped and capitalized. If
you stuff the files into an archive first, the files in the
archive keep their long names and case information. Note that you
must use an archiving utility that supports long names, as most
currently-released utilities do. To go from the Mac to Windows 95,
use StuffIt on the Mac side to create the archive and the Windows
95 version of StuffIt Expander on the PC side to extract it. To
go from Windows 95 to the Mac, use PkZip or WinZip on the PC side
to create the archive and ZipIt on the Mac side to extract it.
Both Windows Explorer and the
the Windows 95/98/NT/2000 shell's "My Computer" window
misreport upper case filenames. They display an 8.3 formatted
upper-case name like "INDEX.HTM" as "Index.htm",
capitalizing only the first letter in the name. If you want
to see the actual name of a file, choose the "Properties"
item from the file menu. The MS-DOS name in this dialog will
show the true name, which is either "INDEX.HTM" or
"Index.htm" for a file displayed as "Index.htm".
