Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/05/11/00:02:08
At 05:33 5/10/1998 EDT, Mbaccar wrote:
>Subj: Re: new djgpp user.
>Date: 98-05-10 17:13:37 EDT
>From: Mbaccar
>To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
>CC: delorie AT djgpp DOT com, Mbaccar
>
>Hi:
>
> I got the linux unzip sources and made a MSDOS and WIN32 builds.
>I unfolded the djgpp gpp280b.zip, lgpp280.zip files again with both versions
>of
>unzip. I noted the MSDOS build truncates filenames to 8 characters, for
>instance
>libstdcxx.a becomes libstdcx.a. The WIN32 build creates the original filename,
>however when doing ls from a bash prompt, it shows up as libstd~1.a. When
>doing dir from a DOS shell, it shows the full name. When compiling a source
>file that includes only c-header files with gxx, I get ld error saying
>-lstdcxx not found. This is similar to the previous error I was mentioning
>regarding include files <streambuf.h>.
It has been a long time since I compiled Info-Zip (which I assume is what
you're using), but AFAIK, if you compile the DJGPP version (as opposed to
Borland C, for instance) and put `SET LFN=Y' in AUTOEXEC.BAT, long file
names should work.
> Please let me know if I need a specific unzip program. I had a PKUNZIP dos
>program which did not do any good either, but I think the one I had was kind
>of
>old. Prior to all this, I was using the PKWARE windows unzip program which
>runs from windows but you mentioned I needed one that runs from dos.
I'm fairly sure there isn't any problem with using something like WinZip.
Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com
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