Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 08:02:02 -0400
From: dj (DJ Delorie)
Message-Id: <199604261202.IAA29746@delorie.com>
To: orly AT abigail DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph
CC: mcantos AT ocean DOT com DOT au, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960425222739.1663A-100000@abigail.eee.upd.edu.ph> (message from Orlando Andico on Thu, 25 Apr 1996 22:30:48 +0800 (GMT+0800))
Subject: Re: YACC and BISON


> > The pathetic DOS 8.3 limit is DOS's fault not djgpp.
> > 
> > Use Windows 95 or NT! I have DJGPP running under 95 with no
> > problems, and all the programs support long filenames even though
> > they are DOS based.
>
> Really? I don't think naive DOS applications can see the long filenames, 
> what they really see is something like "longfi~1" which is not my idea of 
> support. I don't even think DJGPP does, which forces us to disable the 
> LFN support with SET LFN=N. If you've set it up differently, couldn't you 
> drop me a hint? the GCC-Win32 port seems a lot better in this regard, it 
> even supports the ln command (the program handles the .LNK kludge 
> transparently).

More misinformation.  You are wrong about long file names and DJGPP.

DJGPP is not a naive application.  It will see and use long
file names if you set LFN=Y in your environment.  The default LFN=N
was selected merely for compatibility with djgpp under dos.