From: ridg3 AT hotmail DOT com (Richard)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++,comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer
Subject: Re: Long filenames in DOS?
Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 01:01:18 GMT
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On Wed, 04 Aug 1999 22:16:07 GMT, "Bart" <me AT nospam DOT com> wrote:

>Hmm...I don't know what that has to do with long file names in DOS. Anyway,
>NEVER use gets().
>

Surprisingly I wasn't making any serious suggestions.

>Also, this is off-topic in comp.lang.c and alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++. The
>other newsgroups to which the message was posted are OK.
>

Why? (serious question not trying to offend)

>Bart.
>
>--
>if( reply == spam )
>    cout << "Go away!" << endl;
>else
>    cout << "bartkowalski" << at << "attcanada.net" << endl;
>
>
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