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Date: | Thu, 13 May 1999 19:23:17 +0300 (IDT) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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To: | DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> |
cc: | djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: DJGPP installer [Was: Script language for installer] |
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On Thu, 13 May 1999, DJ Delorie wrote: > > I'm not aware of any way to force Windows to use a specific string as > > a short 8+3 alias when it creates a long file name. The only thing > > Can you create the 8.3 name and rename it to the long name? Yes, but when you rename it, Windows recomputes the 8+3 alias and rewrites the directory with both the long and the short names. If the numeric tails are enabled, the short name will get the ~1 tail.
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