LongName utility ver 0.81
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The main purpose of this utility is to detect duplicate longfilenames which under certain conditions can give problems. If a duplicate longfilename is found it is displayed in the colour RED, and the duplicate counter incremented. A duplicate name only applies to files in the same directory.
When displaying filenames using the GUI, it is not always apparent if the file name is displayed or the longfilename.  This utility will display both a files real name and if present its longfilename as well as allowing you to edit, add, and delete a longfilename. It is possible to select either a single directory, with or without subdirectories as well as a complete disk drive. All data is stored in memory which can be heavily used when there are a large number of files and longfilenames.

A longfilename is an extended attribute .LONGNAME that contains the files longfilename. This is displayed in the GUI as a files title and also so named when examining a file's properties.
You can filter all files displayed to only show duplicate file, files with longfilenames, files that have a different longfilenames in relation to their actual names.

When displaying files that have a different file name to the longfilename, the case of the names can be ignored as well as the escape character. The escape character in a file name is the exclamation mark (!) which in a longfilename can be one of a number of different characters such as a '/' or a '|' or a ':' or a 'Carriage return character', or a 'Line feed character'.  
 
This is beta software which as such should be used with care. The memory usage has not been optimized and the error checking is limited. You use it at your own risk!

Keith Merrington
k.merington@gmail.com
