Re: support of Universal Disc Format (UDF)?

DAVID BALAZIC (david.balazic@uni-mb.si)
Mon, 09 Jun 1997 12:51:15 +0100 (MET)

>Does Linux support the new Universal Disc Format (UDF)?
>
>ISO9660 have several limitations:
> File names must be only in capital letters , A - Z.
> File names are limited to the DOS 8 + 3 format.
> No more than 8 directory levels.
> Only legal character besides letters is the under score (_).
>
>UDF does not have the name and directory restrictions that ISO9660
>imposed and it supports packet writing.
>
>Lawrence,
This is ISO9660 level 1
level 2 is cooler ... longer names , directory levels
in one word : much less braindead limitations

And there is Rock Ridge extensions for full Unix support ...

And off course the M$ extensions, which we won't discuss here :)

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