From:	Ron House <house AT usq DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Developments re NT 8.3 filenames (viruses)
Date:	Thu, 30 Nov 2000 07:10:11 +0000
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Ron House wrote:
> 
> 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.

I sent my friend a file located on

http://www.cybertrails.com/~fys/longfile.htm

namely ntlfn08b.zip. I got the above address from Delorie.com.

However, my friend says that the above causes his virus scanner
(Vshield) to say "This file may contain a virus..."

I would be very surprised indeed if anything from this source actually
has a virus, but I can't tell someone else to take a chance. Does anyone
have any information about this? Many thanks.

-- 
Ron House     house AT usq DOT edu DOT au
              http://www.sci.usq.edu.au/staff/house

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