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Date:	Fri, 18 May 2018 19:57:52 +0200
From:	"Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de) [via djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com]" <djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: DJGPP on NTF with SFN creating disabled [was : gcc-8.1.0 packages
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Reply-To:	djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com

Am 18.05.2018 19:44, schrieb Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de) [via djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com]:
> Am 18.05.2018 08:09, schrieb Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT gnu DOT org) [via djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com]:
>>> Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 22:29:41 +0200
>>> From: "Juan Manuel Guerrero (juan DOT guerrero AT gmx DOT de) [via djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com]"<djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com>

[snip]
> E.g.:
> z:\a_very_long_directory_name\another_very_long_directory_name\a_very_long_file_name_with.extension
> is OK because it becomes a valid DOS path like:
> z:\a_very_l\another_v\a_very_l.ext
> as long as it is unique. But if the SFN does not exist for the LFN
> then it does not work. I cannot talk for other DOS implementations.

Please ignore this.  It is misleading.  The issue is quite
simple.  If there are no SFN aliases, then the only valid
LFN is a SFN.  If the LFN is not identical to a SFN then
it will not work for the inspected DOS versions.

Regards,
juan M. Guerrero

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