Via: uk.ac.aston; Thu, 4 Feb 1993 12:29:53 +0000
To: engdahl AT brutus DOT aa DOT ab DOT com, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
From: John Fletcher <ECM9093 AT pcmail DOT aston DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: 4 Feb 93 12:17:42 GMT
Subject: Re: Porting GCC 2.3.3
Reply-To: J DOT P DOT Fletcher AT aston DOT ac DOT uk

> Date:       Wed, 3 Feb 93 10:17:10 EST
> From:       engdahl AT brutus DOT aa DOT ab DOT com (Jon Engdahl)
> To:         rcharif AT math DOT utexas DOT edu
> Subject:    Re: Porting GCC 2.3.3
> Cc:         djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> The following is a program called zmangle, which is a hacked up version
> of DJ's djtarx. What it does that is new is automatically mangle long
> filenames to fit into the 8.3 format. Someone might find it useful as a
> start in making filenames fit. I first wrote it as a means to unpack
> the BSD distribution from ftp.uu.net on my PC. The BSD sources there
> have most files compressed, and the whole thing was tarred due to using
> the automatic tar on their fancy ftp server.
>
> Jonathan Engdahl, Sr. Project Engineer  | engdahl AT aa DOT ab DOT com   313-998-2450
> Allen-Bradley Co.                       | A Rockwell International Company
> 555 Briarwood Circle,                   | Industrial Communication Network
> Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48108, USA         | system design, software, ASICs
>
>
Thank you.  What a usefule prgram to share with us all.

John

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Dr John P. Fletcher
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Aston University,         Tel: (44) 21 359 3611 ext 4625
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