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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 14:29:15 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Joshua Cannon Butcher <lchandar AT mindspring DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Long file names
In-Reply-To: <320FC4D2.406A@mindspring.com>
Message-Id: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960818142805.1338F-100000@is>
Mime-Version: 1.0

On Tue, 13 Aug 1996, Joshua Cannon Butcher wrote:

> I was wondering, I am using findfirst() and findnext() on my PC at home,
> which is running Win95, but it does not pick up the long file names! 
> What do I have to do to pick them up?

From the DOS prompt type the following words of wisdom:

	set LFN=y

That's it!  Now all file-oriented functions will use long filenames.

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