From:	Ron House <house AT usq DOT edu DOT au>
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Subject:	Re: 8.3 filename problem
Date:	Thu, 30 Nov 2000 02:41:56 +0000
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Prashant Ramachandra wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, November 29, 2000 10:09 AM, Ron House [SMTP:house AT usq DOT edu DOT au]
> wrote:
> |
> | My DJGPP app. works fine on my own machine (Windoze 98) and handles
> | long
> | filenames, but on a friend's machine (Windoze NT) it will not read
> | or
> | write anything that is not 8.3. Any clues?
> 
> DJGPPcan't handle LFN on Win NT. You need a separate LFN driver. You
> could check the FAQ if you want to get it.

Thanks for that - I'll look into it.

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