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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:44:06 GMT
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:02:00 +0200 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Eli
Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote:

>> From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
>> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:12:32 GMT
>> 
>> >> NTVDM does not support long file names.
>> >
>> >Not true: Windows XP does include the long filenames API that DJGPP
>> >uses to access long file names.  So something else is at work here.
>> 
>> That's not clear in any of the docs that mention W2K and XP. 
>
>What docs?

The W2K and XP docs at clio.rice.edu

>> So MS giveth and MS taketh away in the newest version. 
>
>If this is supposed to mean that the latest version of XP does not
>support the LFN API, then it's not true: all versions of XP support
>that API.

The reverse: they added LFN, but removed other legacy support. 

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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