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Date: Wed, 25 Oct 1995 14:29:19 +0300
From: "Alexander V. Lukyanov" <lav AT video DOT yars DOT free DOT net>
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu, sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu
Subject: Re: Long filenames?

From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
> > What about OS/2 (HPFS) long file names?  Can a DOS program get at those?
> 
> I don't know of any way to do this.  If someone wrote a device driver for
> OS/2 DOS sessions which would handle the LFN API, it would work work with
> the V2 LFN support code.  I have considered writting a DOS TSR which would
> provide this in the absence of Win95, but don't hold your breath.

Is there HPFS (or any other fs better than FAT) drivers and utilities
(format, defrag etc) for DOS, which enable use of the filesystems?

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