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From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Long file names in V2B3
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 09:44:12 CST
Organization: Rice University, Houston, Texas
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> The djgpp functions fopen() etc presumably call the interrupts `AH=0xX, int21'
> and therefore use 8.3-char filenames whether running under Windows 95 or not. 

V2 detects the presence of the LFN API (0x71 ...) and unless it is disabled
by the user (an option for distributions/codes which expect name trunctation)
uses the new interrupts, so you can get full long name functionality.