Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 14:58:28 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Rob Cupples <cyclone AT ghg DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: New installation problem with environment and emacs.
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On Sat, 10 Jan 1998, Rob Cupples wrote:

> SET DJGPP=C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
> SET PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%
> rem *** djgpp settings ***
> 
> I also tried reversing the two lines since I don't know much
> about conversing in autoexec.bat-speak.  When I comment the
> lines out and reboot again, emacs does work.

You need to set LFN=y in the environment before running Emacs (e.g.,
add a line which says "set LFN=y" after the above two lines in your
AUTOEXEC.BAT).  Evidently, you didn't disable the Windows numeric
tails (see section 8.2 in the DJGPP FAQ list) before unzipping the
Emacs distribution, which results in an installation that will only
work when long file names are supported.