From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Message-Id: <199904071944.VAA28235@father.ludd.luth.se>
Subject: LFN=y and MS-RAMDRIVE
To: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com (DJGPP-WORKERS)
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1999 21:44:57 +0200 (MET DST)
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It seems Microsnoft's RAMDRIVE.SYS (from WINDOZE 4.1 (98)) isn't fully
compatible with WINDOZE 4.1 (98). It doesn't support LFN.

So with TMPDIR=g:\ where g: is a RAMDISK of that kind and LFN=y, "ls
-alR f:/ | sort -nb +4 | less" in bash gives "F:/DJGPP/BIN/sort.exe:
g:\/sort0469600000: Permission denied (EACCES)"

I have also tried with TMPDIR=g:/ and TMPDIR=g:, but that makes no
difference.

I have also tried at COMMAND.COM's prompt in DOZE box, with the same
result.

With LFN=n, it works as expected (listing all files on F:, with short
file names, sorted by size).

ls --version
ls (GNU fileutils) 3.16
(which it seems I've recompiled with DJGPP 2.02) 

sort --version
sort (GNU textutils) 1.22
(which I haven't recompiled, its date is Feb 8 1997)

less --version
less  version 332
(which I havn't recompiled and I don't think is important here)


Any ideas how to correct this (besides pointing TMPDIR to a hard
disk)?


My Dying Bride, Like Gods of the Sun,

							MartinS