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From: hgfernan AT usp DOT br
Subject: Re: GNU RCS with MinGW32 or CygWin32
14 Feb 1998 15:30:58 -0800 :
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To: "Earnie Boyd" <earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com>,
"GNU-Win32" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>
Cc: "Fernandes, Hilton" <hgfernan AT usp DOT br>

On 13 Feb 98 at 6:31,  Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT hotmail DOT com> wrote:

> As for djgpp, they have a 16 bit version of bash, crippled with 8.3 
> filenames.  They say they support long file names with special 
> environment variables but I've never gotten it to work.
> 

Hi!

Without any intention of being picky, i'd like to say that DJGPP tools are not 
16-bit programs; they're 32-bit, protected-mode DOS programs.  That's possible 
due to DPMI (DOS Protect Mode Interface. Or so i guess :-)

Concerning the use of long filenames, it is possible under Win95 due to the use 
of Win95's LFN API, activated with the line

+LFN=y

in the file DJGPP.ENV, a configuration place for DJGPP software.

Concerning your BASH porting project, how are things going?  I'd like to help 
in something, if that's possible.


Regards,
++Hilton


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Hilton Fernandes
email: hgfernan AT usp DOT br
www:   http://www.lsi.usp.br/~hilton.html (inactive)
M. Sc. Student of Parallel Distributed Applications
at Escola Politecnica (Polytechnic School)
University of S. Paulo - Brazil
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