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Date: Sun, 5 Oct 1997 17:28:59 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Can't find *any* info files
In-Reply-To: <199710042024.NAA27102@adit.ap.net>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.971005172833.19782X-100000@is>
MIME-Version: 1.0

On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, Nate Eldredge wrote:

> >DJGPP=c:\hugh's~1\tutori~1\djgpp\djgpp.env
> This is a good question. When DJGPP is used on Lose95, should the DJGPP env.
> variable use long names, or short aliases?

Good questions tend to be answered in the DJGPP FAQ list ;-).  This
one is explained in section 8.1 (the short answer is that you *must*
use the short 8+3 aliases in this case).

> Also, is it possible the
> apostrophe in the directory name is confusing something?

No.  The apostrophe is a valid file name character, even in plain DOS.
I just tried renaming my DJGPP directory into a name with an
apostrophe and changed the DJGPP variable accordingly, and everything,
including Info, still worked for me.

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