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Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 12:44:01 -0400
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Nate Eldredge wrote:

> >     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.
> Perhaps you should consider checking before posting random
> speculations.  Around line 180 of src/libc/dos/process/dosexec.c is a
> call to the DOS function to find the short alias of a long name.

    You're right, I should've checked first, sorry.
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