From: michael DOT mauch AT gmx DOT de (Michael Mauch)
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Subject: Re: RHIDE and NT
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:48:31 +0200
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On Wed, 22 Apr 1998 23:23:21 GMT, sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
wrote:

[Somebody else:]
> >     Make sure that you have not used WINZIP to unzip the djgpp files since 
> >     it keeps long file names which djgpp can't handle.  Use Pkunzip and it 
> >     will truncate all file names in the libraries to the 8.3 format.
> >     
> >     Also start Rhide with the -M switch.
> 
> Funny. I'm using long filenames and I don't have problems with this. Now with
> the "-M" option also the mouse works. Is this long filename stuff something
> that should happen always or just in special cases?

DJGPP programs can't use long filenames on NT, because NT doesn't have
the LFN-API of Win95 and there's no other known way to make DOS programs
see long filenames on NT. Only Win32 programs can use long filenames on
NT.

If you were using the Win32 WinZip (or any other Win32 unzip program
that can handle long filenames), you would end up with the correct long
filenames, but the short ones (used by DOS programs) would look like
"LONGNA~1.EXT". If you're using Pkunzip or a DOS/DJGPP unzip, it will
extract only short 8.3 filenames, e.g. LONGNAME.EXT - and that's what
DOS/DJGPP programs want to see on NT.

Regards...
		Michael