From:	"dan" <hartcore AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: need help with LFN please...
Date:	Sun, 5 Apr 1998 20:48:07 +0200
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Eli Zaretskii wrote in message ...
>
>On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, dan wrote:
>
>It's not DJGPP, it's DOS itself.  When you set LFN=n, DJGPP uses old
>DOS file-related calls which truncate long names automatically.


OK. Got that. Thanx.

>For this to work, you need to unzip the archives with a program which
>does NOT support LFN.


I'll use good old pkunzip 2.04 then...
>
>> Can I then recompile the whole bunch for SFN (Short File Names).
>
>You don't need to recompile.  Set LFN=n in the environment, and the
>long names are disabled.


Well, by now I understand that I don't need to, but I guess I asked the
wrong question.
I'd like to compile all the source code, since it's a nice test for the
source code as well as the compiler+linker. Since the last couple of
months I like to compile stuff... (Got Linux, started with GCC, then
saw DJGPP, which got me here).
So, the right question would have been:
If I compile all the stuff, can I expect problems because of LFN's,
and, if it compiles, can I expect the various binaries find all the stuff
they need?
But I guess it will probably work if it uses old dos calls.
>
>Not that I understand why would anybody want to disable this
>feature...


Well... If one uses it on plain DOS... easy defrag would be one thing!

>> I wonder how you DJGPP programmers have solved this irritating matter.
>
>Those who use LFN work on Windows 9X.  That's how it is usually
>solved.

OK. I'll stick with 8+3 filenames for now. If DR-DOS delivers an update
of their LFN support, I'll be sure to try that!.

Thanx again.

Dan.

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