Date:	Thu, 6 Jan 2000 12:22:12 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Mike Demoulin <mad AT intersurf DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: What is the canonical way to find out if a file exists (in g++)?
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Mike Demoulin wrote:

> Here is the directory listing:
>     C:\FT>dir C:\FT\FT4WIN\FTCOMINTEGRATED.OCX.ZIP 
>      Volume in drive C has no label.
>      Volume Serial Number is F4DE-6D7B
> 
>      Directory of C:\FT\FT4WIN
> 
>     12/28/99  07:15p                58,134 FTCOMINTEGRATED.OCX.ZIP
>                    1 File(s)         58,134 bytes
>                                 326,311,936 bytes free

If you are looking for a long file name on NT, DJGPP programs won't
find it.  Try "dir /x" and look for the short 8+3 alias: that's all
DJGPP programs are allowed to see on NT.

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