From:	Vik Heyndrickx <Vik DOT Heyndrickx AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: long filenames not available to DJGPP on NT?
Date:	Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:12:07 +0100
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Rob Snel wrote:
> 
> Why produces the ls command on win95 proper (long) filenames, while on
> winNT4 the whole story is abreviated again to something with a tilde? Or
> better: how can I have proper filenames on winNT4 when using the beloved
> Unix style environment?

DJGPP does not support LFN under WindowsNT, because WindowsNT does not
provide an LFN API to DOS programs like Windows '95 does. We simply do
not know how to get access to these long file names. Unless someone is
going to find this out, it will remain impossible. Bloody M$.

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