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Date: Wed, 04 Nov 1998 18:02:50 -0800
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Bash - long filenames?
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Michael Schuster wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> I've just tried to work with bash on my Win95 system and was wondering
> if bash supports the long filenames of the windows -Fat system.
> 
> I faced the problem that bash doesn't execute a script file from within
> bash (means I'm in bash and want to execute e.g. ./configure) which
> exeeds the old 8.3 dos format- (although i can envoke configure from a
> dos shell with bash configure).
> 
> Are there any solutions out there -perhaps a win95 bash or the long
> filename support already included?

SET LFN=Y in the environment and it will all work.  Note that this
doesn't work on NT.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com