Mail Archives: djgpp/2004/10/25/21:45:39
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Date: | Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:34:58 +0200
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From: | Florian Xaver <wosrediinanatour AT aon DOT at>
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Subject: | Re: Long file name support
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Hi!
Do you mean plain DOS or Windows. If the problem is only in plain DOS
you need a LFN driver. Use DOSLFN (There is a link at www.opus.co.tt/dave/ )
Bye, Flo
Mike C said the following / schrieb folgendes (25.10.2004 22:02):
> Folks,
>
> I have looked in the FAQ for this, but didn't find anything that described
> what I want - unless I completely misunderstood it.
>
> I have written a program that operates on a source text file, parses it, and
> produces a target text file.
> Under Windows, I have made a shortcut to my program, and when I drag the
> source file from Windows Explorer, and drop it on the shortcut icon, the
> name of the source file, complete with its path, is passed to my program in
> argc[1]. I change the extension and use the rest for the path and file name
> for the target, so that it appears in the same directory as the source, but
> with a different extension. It all works fine.
>
> The problem is that if the source is
>
> d:\windows folder1\windows folder2\File with a long name.log
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> then the target file is
>
> d:\window~1\window~2\File w~1.Prs
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> The program is quite usable, but for the sake of elegance, I would like it
> to give the target file its full name.
>
> I saw the environmental variable, LFN=1, but that seems to be to make DJGPP
> read long file names when compiling etc, not to make it compile my programs
> with different features.
>
> Thanks,
>
> MikeC
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