Date:	Sun, 16 May 1999 14:05:55 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	"Edward F. Sowell" <sowelled AT home DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: GetShortPathName() or DLL support
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On Sat, 15 May 1999, Edward F. Sowell wrote:

> In this
> case, I have been using GetShortPathName() prior to the spawnxx() call, so
> naturally the easiest fix to make things compile under DJGPP is to pose
> the question as I did. If there was, I would merely link with a different
> library, w/o source changes. However, I suppose I can write a "do nothing"
> GetShortPathName() of my own and compile it in or link to it only under DJGPP.

A simpler way would be to call GetShortPathName conditioned by
"#ifndef __DJGPP__".

> Getting off the original topic a bit, a recently encountered and very
> troublesome problem is lack of long file name support on NT. regradless 
> of who's fault that is (I've read the FAQ), it's a bit of a setback for 
> me. I understand that Cygnus does not have this problem.

Cygnus tools generate native Win32 executables which can access long file 
names on NT.

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