Conditional Expression Test of @SFN

[Joe Caverly]

Hi,
I am using;

TCC  16.02.48  Windows Vista [Version 6.0.6002]
TCC Build 48  Windows Vista Build 6002  Service Pack 2

When I do;

if exist "2014 01 06 1490.pdf" (echo Yes) else (echo No)

it returns;

Yes

which is correct.

When I do;

if exist %@sfn["2014 01 06 1490.pdf"] (echo Yes) else (echo No)

it returns;

No

which is not correct.

Am I missing something, or is this WAD?

Joe

 

[Mezlo]

FYI, this gives the same results. Looking at the v12 manual I don't see any warnings that IF doesn't work with short file names.

[M:\TCMD12x64]echo %@sfn["2014 01 06 1490.pdf"]
M:\TCMD12x64\201401~1.PDF

[M:\TCMD12x64]if exist 201401~1.PDF (echo Yes) else (echo No)
No

[M:\TCMD12x64]if isfile 201401~1.PDF (echo Yes) else (echo No)
No

However, it does work under CMD.EXE:

M:\TCMD12x64>if exist 201401~1.pdf echo Yes
Yes

 

[Charles Dye]

What does OPTION WIN32SFNSEARCH report?

 

[rconn]

SFN filename matching is turned off by default, because it can cause spectacularly horrible things to happen (like with a DEL).

If you really want it, you can turn it on in OPTION / Startup / Search for SFNs.

 

[Joe Caverly]

That was it. Thanks!

Joe