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To: Mbaccar <Mbaccar AT aol DOT com>, Mbaccar AT aol DOT com, eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
Subject: Re: new djgpp user. (resend)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Sun, 10 May 1998 20:54:55 -0700
Message-ID: <19980511035425.AAJ4598@ppp107.cartsys.com>
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At 05:33  5/10/1998 EDT, Mbaccar wrote:
>Subj:	Re: new djgpp user.
>Date:	98-05-10 17:13:37 EDT
>From:	Mbaccar
>To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
>CC:	delorie AT djgpp DOT com, Mbaccar
>
>Hi:
>
>   I got the linux unzip sources and made a MSDOS and WIN32 builds.
>I unfolded the djgpp gpp280b.zip, lgpp280.zip files again with both versions
>of
>unzip. I noted the MSDOS build truncates filenames to 8 characters, for
>instance
>libstdcxx.a becomes libstdcx.a. The WIN32 build creates the original filename,
>however when doing ls from a bash prompt, it shows up as libstd~1.a. When
>doing dir from a DOS shell, it shows the full name. When compiling a source
>file that includes only c-header files with gxx, I get ld error saying
>-lstdcxx not found. This is similar to the previous error I was mentioning
>regarding include files <streambuf.h>.

It has been a long time since I compiled Info-Zip (which I assume is what
you're using), but AFAIK, if you compile the DJGPP version (as opposed to
Borland C, for instance) and put `SET LFN=Y' in AUTOEXEC.BAT, long file
names should work.

>   Please let me know if I need a specific unzip program. I had a PKUNZIP dos
>program which did not do any good either, but I think the one I had was kind
>of
>old. Prior to all this, I was using the PKWARE windows unzip program which
>runs from windows but you mentioned I needed one that runs from dos.

I'm fairly sure there isn't any problem with using something like WinZip.

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com