Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 07:10:34 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "mborden AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com" <mborden AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: long directory names
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On Thu, 27 Mar 1997, mborden AT pop DOT ma DOT ultranet DOT com wrote:

> > > I'm running the current versions of the tools and see that
> > > if there is a long name directory in the path of the executable
> > > then it just exits.  I saw nothing about this in the FAQ.
> > > Is this well-known or do I have something wrong in my installation?
> 
> Sure.  I guess this isn't a generic problem, so I'll give some more
> specifics.  I'm running Windows 95 and bring up MKS Korn shell windows.
> Code compiles fine in either one of these windows or an emacs buffer.
> Executables run if and only if they reside in a directory whose path
> consists of short name components.  This is true of executables
> made with DJGPP only; others work fine.  Thanks for any help.

I don't understand.  You run Emacs (which is a DJGPP program) without any 
problems; the compiler (which is a DJGPP program) runs OK also.  So are 
you telling that only DJGPP programs compiled on your machine exhibit the 
problem?  If so, the first cause I would suggest is a virus.

Did you try to run without MKS shell, and if so, did it work?