MS-DOS names for Kodak camera files

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I have an MMC picture card in my Kodak camera. When the camera is
connected to my Win98SE box via USB, it is detected as drive G:.

A directory listing in a DOS box looks like this:

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G:\>dir

Volume in drive G is ccd0b638
Volume Serial Number is 0000-0001
Directory of G:\

ccc7a8ee <DIR>
ccd3aa60 <DIR>
0 file(s) 0 bytes
2 dir(s) 503,988,224 bytes free
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In Windows Explorer the drive properties are:

Drive label DX4530 Zoom Digital Camera
File System FAT

There are two folders in the root directory:

Windows name MS-DOS name
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G:\Internal Memory ccd3aa60
G:\Picture Card ccc7a8ee

After I disconnect and reconnect the USB cable, the MS-DOS names
change:

Windows name MS-DOS name
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G:\Internal Memory ccd0dcb1
G:\Picture Card ccd38dac

Why aren't the MS-DOS names Intern~1 and Pictur~1 ?
Why do they change?


- Franc Zabkar
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