The dos version of sqpack tries to create tmp file which is not 8.3. :

sqpack/dpmi-djgpp 1.9.0-cur 2019-01-08
C 09:32:30 Purge area fidotest (squish)
A 09:32:30 Could not create '\msgbase\husky2\5c3b1d69_tmp.*'!
E 09:32:30 Total old msg: 0; new msg: 0
E 09:32:30 Total old size: 0; new size: 0

:)

'Tommi

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