From: Boon van der RJ <rjvdboon AT cs DOT vu DOT nl>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: C++ with DJGPP
Date: 27 Oct 1998 09:41:42 GMT
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Mike Ruskai <thanny AT spambegone DOT home DOT com> wrote:
> The trick for you is to edit the djgpp.env file and change 'n' to 'y' for
> long filenames, since the Win95 kludge allows for DOS programs to see long
> names.

Not the best advice. The canonical way to do it is to set LFN=y in
your environment (autoexec.bat). Editing DJGPP.ENV is often awkward,
and could get you in big problems. (although the +LFN=n is quite
straightforward).

> A pretty stupid way to pack up the archive, if you ask me.  It should be
> short names, period, with scripts to rename files and patch sources to use
> long names.

I don't think it should be like that. If you just use DOS an
LFN-packed archive is OK. If you just use WIN95 an LFN-archive is even
better. If you use both DOS and Win95 you should follow the FAQ. If
you use OS2 you just have to know to unpack with PKUNZIP. IMHO it's
always best to stick to the original as close as possible (what about
a package that #includes streambuf.h directly, on a win95 system?)

bye now,
 Robert

> Remove 'spambegone' to send e-mail.
No.

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