From:	jkoziate AT njeb DOT att DOT com
Message-ID:	<01BE512F.A361F010@njebexchsrv.njeb.att.com>
To:	<djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	File name truncation (ls, cp..)
Date:	Fri, 5 Feb 1999 17:47:44 -0500
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Reply-To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com

Hi, I have tried the fil316b.zip file utilities and have found that they
truncate and use the 8 char prefix with 3 char extension. Can they work
with extended NT and W98 file names without truncation?  Can they work
like long UNIX file names?

Here is the DOS dir command on 2 java files:

dir *.java
 Directory of C:\joe\java

02/04/99  04:05p                 6,255 TestBase.java
02/04/99  04:05p                14,981 base.java
               2 File(s)        21,236 bytes
                            165,150,720 bytes free



Here is DJGPP's ls.exe (it does not find them)
ls *.java
c:/djgpp/bin/ls: *.java: No such file or directory (ENOENT)


IT WILL WORK LIKE THIS if I shorten the .java extension
ls *.jav
testba~1.jav
base~1.jav

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