Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:18:33 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Robert Neinast <neinast AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Installed gVim 6.1; filenames screwed up
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Robert Neinast wrote:

> I just installed gVim 6.1 after having used gVim 5.7 for a long
> time.
> 
> Before that, my bash window handled long file names just fine.
> Now they are all screwed up (showing the 8-char versions).
> I'm figuring gVim must have repointed some important file
> or something.

Is it possible that the gVim installation sets LFN=n in the environment?
That setting disables long file name support in DJGPP programs.

If this doesn't help, please tell the details: what OS is that, what are 
your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS, and what does "env" print in the Bash 
window.