From: broeker AT acp3bf DOT knirsch DOT de (Hans-Bernhard Broeker)
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Subject: Re: Long filenames again
Date: 5 Nov 1999 10:57:33 +0100
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Nicolas Regnier (regnier AT enscpb DOT u-bordeaux DOT fr) wrote:
> It appears that long filenames are not working in NT Dos boxes...

Yep. Complaints about that should go to William H. Gates III, c/o
Microsoft Corporation.

> I am just trying to build a java application using gnu make 3.77 (and
> sun jdk) : it works fine with Windows 95 or 98, but Windows NT doesn't
> understand the source name since it's not "8.3 compliant"...

Exactly. NT itself has all kinds of support for long filenames. It just
doesn't bother serving them to *DOS* application.

> Is there a way to resolve this problem ? Maybe using bash ?

The key is *not* to use a DOS application. Use Cygnus Solutions'
Win32-native tools, commonly known as 'Cygwin32'. There's a GNU make,
a GNU bash, and all that.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.