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Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 19:23:46 -0400
From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: GetShortPathName() or DLL support
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Wed, 12 May 1999, Edward F. Sowell wrote:
> > MFC has a GetShortPathName() function that, obviously, converts a
> > path with long file names, spaces, etc to the 8.3 format. This is
> > often needed because some functions don't accept the funny file
> > names... e.g., spawnxx().
>
> You don't need this in DJGPP: when you call `spawnXX', the DJGPP
> version automatically converts the long file name to the short one
> before passing it to DOS.

    That's not really 100% true.  I haven't checked, but I'm guessing that
spawnXX just truncates to 8.3 format.  What about NameNumericTail?  Also,
there are ways to convince DOS 7.x to make a 8.3 filename that isn't just a
simple truncation or a numeric tail of a long filename.  I don't think spawnXX
would work under these conditions.

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