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From: "Andris Pavenis" <pavenis AT laima DOT acad DOT latnet DOT lv>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 1998 10:50:07 +0000
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Subject: Re: Long file names in plain DOS
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> 	I was looking for the same thing some time ago.  I have dug up nothing,
> but I think that someone could easily write one in ASM (probably in DJGPP
> protected mode, even though PM TSR's can be somewhat hard to debug).
> 	Actually, my problem is using DOS 7, but it is just as bad.  Yet another
> case where Microsoft thinks they can beat the normal people down.
> 
> 
> Martin Stromberg <Martin DOT Stromberg AT lu DOT erisoft DOT se> wrote in article
> <6dhcee$6bb$1 AT antares DOT lu DOT erisoft DOT se>...
> > Is it possible to get long file names in DOS 6.22?
> > 
> > 
> > Mission Impossible,
> > 
> > 							MartinS
> > 
> > 
> 

As I remember there is some beta of support of long filenames for Caldera
DR-OpenDOS (see ftp.caldera.com and www.caldera.com for more info).
I myself haven't tried this.

Andris