Message-Id:	<199809280017.UAA03500@indy.delorie.com>
Comments:	Authenticated sender is <mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
From:	"George Foot" <george DOT foot AT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	Q <Q AT ping DOT be>
Date:	Mon, 28 Sep 1998 01:14:42 +0000
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: setting djpgg
Reply-to:	mert0407 AT sable DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

On 28 Sep 98 at 1:37, Q wrote:

> I'm just starting to use djgpp, and have a problem.
> 
> If I don't set djgpp to the correct value, most things work normal,
> except that he can't find some files.

Don't continue to use djgpp with its environment variable 
incorrectly set, it's asking for trouble.

> When I set it to the correct value, suddenly bash doesn't uses the long
> filenames anymore, but the old dos filenames.
> 
> Is this normal? Am I doing something wrong?

It's normal, because djgpp.env disables long filnename support.
At the time the developers weren't sure whether or not it was
stable enough.  Now that we know that it is, set LFN=y in your
autoexec.bat and you'll get the long filenames back.

-- 
george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk

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