Date:	Sun, 18 May 1997 17:52:40 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: RHIDE & STL link command bug?
In-Reply-To:	<337BA5A5.553F@cs.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.970518175118.16797M-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Fri, 16 May 1997, John M. Aldrich wrote:

> Most DOS programs ignore extra letters in filenames.  DJGPP follows this
> behavior.

Actually, it's DOS itself that silently truncates the filename to 8+3 
limits.  DOS programs and DJGPP doesn't have to do anything about it.

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