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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:43:25 -0400
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From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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	(message from dos-man 64 on Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:25:54 -0700 (PDT))
Subject:	Re: Is there some way to convert long filenames to short filenames?
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> My readings through the docs seemed to indicate that this compiler
> generates dos-based executables that can handle long file names.

Yes, it should - as long as you avoid DOS functions that are
short-file-name-only.

Also, see _lfn_gen_short_fname

> Also, is there some way to shrink down these executables.  The exe is
> over 300kb. That's six times bigger than the executable that borland's
> compiler spit out.

FAQ 8.14

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