Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/05/15/19:15:16
Nate Eldredge wrote:
> > That's not really 100% true. I haven't checked, but I'm guessing that
> > spawnXX just truncates to 8.3 format. What about NameNumericTail? Also,
> > there are ways to convince DOS 7.x to make a 8.3 filename that isn't just a
> > simple truncation or a numeric tail of a long filename. I don't think spawnXX
> > would work under these conditions.
> Perhaps you should consider checking before posting random
> speculations. Around line 180 of src/libc/dos/process/dosexec.c is a
> call to the DOS function to find the short alias of a long name.
You're right, I should've checked first, sorry.
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