Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
From:	rd5718 AT irix DOT bris DOT ac DOT uk (Rich Dawe)
Subject:	Re: Setting DOS box title under Win95
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Date:	Thu, 1 Jan 1998 19:44:16 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) wrote:
: > function to get the *actual* short filename for a file given the long
: > filename
: 
: What's wrong with `_truename' in the library?  Doesn't it do its job?
: For example, something like this should work (untested):

	I didn't actually know about the _truename function - I'll have a
look at the libc documentation. Sorry I haven't responded sooner - I
haven't been checking my mail all that regularly and I think I've missed
some of the responses on the thread I started :(

: >     /* Allocate some DOS memory */
: >     alloc_seg = __dpmi_allocate_dos_memory(APP_TITLE_BUFFER_PARA,
: > &alloc_desc);
: >     if (alloc_seg == -1) return(-1);
: 
: You might have saved some work here by using the DJGPP transfer
: buffer.  It is already allocated for you and is at least 2KB-long,
: (usually 16KB) which should be more than enough for getting the title.

	I tried this but it didn't seem to work. This did work, so I went
with it. I might try using the transfer buffer again. Thank you.

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