Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/03/24/14:52:29
Eli,
You might want to update the FAQ--Andrew Crabtree has a new version
out, as well as a new webpage for it:
http://www.goof.com/pcg/djgpp/ntlfn.html
Peter Johnson
locke AT mcs DOT net
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:33:05 -0500, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT gnu DOT org>
wrote:
>
> I am evaluating various methods of porting an existing Unix based
> application to NT. It seems, from preliminary investigations, that DJGPP
> only supports the old DOS 8.3 filename. I would be grateful if you could
> clarify the situation.
>
>The DJGPP FAQ clarifies it in section 3.3: Windows/NT doesn't include
>the special API that allows DOS programs to access long file names, so
>DJGPP cannot support that on NT. That section of the FAQ also points
>to a experimental long-file-name driver for NT which you could try.
>Long file names *are* supported on Windows 95 and 98.
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