Why have some of my files lost their filetype information?
There is an annoying bug in CDFS that does not allow a file to have both a “.” in its filename and still carry the Acorn CDFS extensions (like filetypes). So you end up with two possibilities: break the ISO9660 standard (by using the semi-official Acorn file extension separator “/” instead of translating it to the ISO9660 standard “.”), or throw away the Acorn CDFS extension (and with it the filetype information). If you select “Acorn CDFS”, “WSS CDROMFS” or “raw” as your filename translation standard, the first approach is chosen. Keep in mind that the resulting CD will not be readable on either Windows or Unix derivates because they either do not allow a “/” in a filename or they use it in a completely different way. However, if you additionally select “Add Joliet extensions” in CDBurn, everything will be well with Joliet-capable systems, because they will automatically use the Joliet names instead of the broken ISO9660 names. If you select “ISO Level 1”, “ISO Level 2” or “new ISO Le
