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Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/07/01/04:25:46

Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 11:25:26 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Erwin Waterlander <waterlan AT xs4all DOT nl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Question: getcwd() and LongFileName support
In-Reply-To: <35992DBE.8C7C06BC@xs4all.nl>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980701112449.12487O-100000@is>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, Erwin Waterlander wrote:

> When is the LFN support activated then? At compile time or at run time?

At run time.

> Can I compile a program under DOS 6.2 with LFN=y set and give this
> program to another person who runs it in a win95 dosbox and who
> has not DJGPP installed.

You can.  The LFN setting during compilation is not important at all
(unless your program records some file names in its executable when
it builds, which most programs don't).  You can compile with LFN=n
and then run it on Windows 95 and have LFN support.

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