Date: Sun, 17 Jan 1999 12:16:09 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Jorge Ivan Meza Martinez <jimeza AT usa DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: RE: LFN in Win95? How do I do it?
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On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Jorge Ivan Meza Martinez wrote:

> The solution is to append the path to the filename before call _truename.

IMHO, a far better solution is to use findfirst/findnext instead of
_dos_findfirst/_dos_findnext, because the former return the long file
names directly.

> But for an unknown reason ( to me ), you have to write the parameter
> between quots or it doesn't work, it must be something like dire
> "c:\windows\command\*.*", writting it without \" it only takes the
> first file.

DJGPP programs expand the wildcards by default.  See sections 16.1 and
16.2 of the FAQ.