Date:	Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:06:45 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Marc Singer <elf AT netcom DOT com>
Cc:	DJGPP List Alias <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: Source archive for make-3.75 and long names
In-Reply-To:	<199610231805.LAA05288@netcom4.netcom.com>
Message-Id:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.961024140456.9865F-100000@is>
Mime-Version:	1.0

On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Marc Singer wrote:

> > It shouldn't be too hard to write a small DJGPP program that will put the 
> > long command line into CMDLINE variable and invoke the program you need.
> 
> Does this technique work with Win32 native programs?  My client is
> using MSC10, aka Visual (ha) C++ 4.0.

I have no idea, but I cannot imagine why not.

Even if that doesn't work, you can change `system' and/or `spawn' in the 
DJGPP library so that they will support whatever method native Win32 
programs use.  Since DJGPP is free software, you can do whatever you like.

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