From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: djtar
Date:	Mon, 07 Jul 1997 20:47:37 +0000
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Jon Berry wrote:
> 
> DJTAR (I got djgpp v2) doesn't seem to support long filenames by
> default.  It does have some command-line options, but I wasn't
> able to find the DJTAR command in info.  Are long filenames
> supported by one of these options?  If not, does anybody have a
> free tar utility that supports long filenames?  I have spent some
> time at the "TAR/GZIP" home page, but the free Windows95 utilities
> I saw there either didn't work or weren't in the advertised locations.
> thanks,

Type "SET LFN=Y" from your DOS command line, or place that command in
your autoexec.bat.  This enables LFN support in DJGPP programs when
running under Win95 or from a Win95 DOS shell.  To make the setting
permanent, edit the line in 'djgpp.env' that reads:

+LFN=N

to say:

+LFN=Y

If no LFN variable is present, DJGPP programs will assume "LFN=Y".

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