From:	bignose AT nemesis DOT DEATH DOT TO DOT SPAMMERS DOT com DOT au (The Nose Who Knows)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Using djgpp on WINNT
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Date:	13 Apr 98 05:29:04 GMT
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On Sun, 12 Apr 1998, Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
>Yes, I am sure.  DOS programs can access long file names on Windows 9X
>by using special functions of the DOS interrupt 21h.  These functions
>aren't supported by the NT DOS box.
>> At least, LFN's in a DOS-box under NT are  quite possible, and work fine
>> on my NT system.
>I assume you mean they work with programs like CMD.EXE and others
>which are supplied with NT.  If so, then that's because these programs
>aren't DOS programs at all.  They were compiled as Win32 console apps,
>and therefore can use the Win32 API to access the files.  DOS programs
>such as what DJGPP generates cannot use Win32.

Okay, time for a DJGpp-newbie question: does anyone know whether and
what plans are underway to get LFN support into DJGpp?  I'm sure this
should be a FAQ, but all the FAQ document said was "No, they don't work
under NT - yes, we know why."  I was expecting a "here's what we're
doing about that", but no.

Surely this problem isn't insoluble.  I haven't investigated it, but I
know that at the least, Info-ZIP supports LFNs under NT without any
trouble; I assume it would be using freely distributable code.

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