From:	tomw AT tsys DOT demon DOT co DOT uk (Tom Wheeley)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Win95 LFN in DOS7/6 (Was: Re: Using Windows95 VFAT .vxd with DJGPP)
Date:	Sat, 04 Jan 97 00:43:15 GMT
Organization:	Adventures and Diving
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Message-ID:	<852338595snz@tsys.demon.co.uk>
References:	<19970102212904 DOT AAA23602 AT w-r-carr> <32cc9b29 DOT 40887798 AT news DOT mcs DOT net>
Reply-To:	tw104 AT york DOT ac DOT uk
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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On Friday, in article <32cc9b29 DOT 40887798 AT news DOT mcs DOT net>
     locke AT mcs DOT net "Peter Johnson" wrote:

> Actually, there IS a way to access LFN under ANY dos.. I even have a
> utility that displays a directory (dir clone) AND displays LFNs, just
> like under Win95 GUI.  The secret: Hacking the filesystem itself.
> There's no API, just 'straight' access.  Hmm.. perhaps I should take
> that code, port it to DJGPP, and write a patch for the DJGPP LFN
> functions.. wonder if anyone would be interested in that :)

It's also really quite a dodgy method, and I presume you have to be careful
not to run into the LOCK "feature" for Long Filename Preservation...

:sb)   please send mail to <tw104 AT york DOT ac DOT uk>   http://www.york.ac.uk/~tw104/
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