Date:	Sun, 7 Feb 1999 11:50:18 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	"Gurunandan R. Bhat" <grbhat AT unigoa DOT ernet DOT in>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: File name truncation (ls, cp..)
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Gurunandan R. Bhat wrote:

> > NT doesn't support LFNs, but you can try
> > http://www.goof.com/pcg/djgpp/ntlfn.html
> 
> The DOS box in NT does seem to *display* long file names though.

That's because the NT shell is not really a DOS program, it's a Win32
console application in disguise.  Win32 programs access long file
names by issuing Win32 function calls, which a DOS program cannot use.

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