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From: khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan)
Subject: Re: Getting short name from long name?
4 Feb 1998 09:18:42 -0800 :
Message-ID: <9802041624.AA17517.cygnus.gnu-win32@modi.xraylith.wisc.edu>
References: <16070 DOT 886592112 AT ps DOT ucl DOT ac DOT uk>
To: James Pearson <jcpearso AT ge DOT ucl DOT ac DOT uk>
Cc: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

James Pearson <jcpearso AT ge DOT ucl DOT ac DOT uk> writes:
> Is there any way I can get the short filename from a long filename using
> gnu-win32 on Win95?

GetShortPathName from Win API. Look up API docs -- MS has them on-line,
but there's also a free available on the net (See Jan-Jaap's web site
reachable from
http://www.xraylith.wisc.edu/~khan/software/gnu-win32/sites.html -- go
to the Contributions page in JJ's web site).

Mumit
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