Date: Thu, 7 Mar 1996 15:51:42 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Howard Kaikow <kaikow AT standards DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com, kaikow AT standards DOT com
Subject: Re: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
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On Thu, 7 Mar 1996, Howard Kaikow wrote:

> DJ informed me that LFN is supported only if you use the LFN=Y option when 
> you compile.
> 
> If that is not correct, then it needs to be clarified.
> 
> In addition, DJ did not mention the suggestion to modify the registry for 
> LFN as is suggested in the FAQ.
> 
> I have not done this.
> 
> I would like to see a posting clarify both of these issues.

As far as I know, the FAQ tells you everything that we know about that 
should be done to get LFN support:

	1) Modify the registry setting for NameNumericTale.
	2) Rename all files whose names are longer than 8+3 to their 
original long names (e.g. streambu.h -> streambuf.h).
	3) Set LFN=y

The last setting should be done from DOS command line or autoexec.bat, 
because of the bug (that was detected after FAQ was released) that causes 
the setting in DJGPP.ENV to be ignored in some cases.

If you see any problems after you do the above, please tell about them.