From:	Jon Hamkins <hamkins AT jpl DOT nasa DOT gov>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Can DJGPP use LFN in NT 4.0?
Date:	Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:15:12 -0800
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I am running Windows NT 4.0 on a Pentium 166.  I have been unable to
open a file for reading when the filename is long, i.e., not in the 
usual 8.3 format.  The DJGPP FAQ has the following to say about it:

> Note that the long filename API for DOS box is not supported by
> current versions of Win/NT, so you cannot have long filenames there.
> (There is a rumor that the new version 4.0 of WinNT will support the
> LFN API, but I'm told that at least the current beta versions still
> don't.) 

I can definitely see long filenames in the DOS box; it's just that my
C programs do not work with the long names.  Is this a correct
assessment?  Is there any way around it?  The reason I ask is that I
am porting some Unix programs to DOS, and many of the filenames are
long.

     ----Jon Hamkins
         Jet Propulsion Lab.

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