Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/04/23/08:18:20
> Funny. I'm using long filenames and I don't have problems with this. Now with
> the "-M" option also the mouse works. Is this long filename stuff something
> that should happen always or just in special cases?
Actually it's not that strange, because I think you are using the
Win95-compatible file system of NT and not NTFS, and in the former
case DOS programs can read long filenames as they can in a Win95 dos
box.
>DJGPP programs can't use long filenames on NT, because NT doesn't have
>the LFN-API of Win95 and there's no other known way to make DOS
>programs see long filenames on NT. Only Win32 programs can use long
>filenames on NT.
This only happens if you are using NTFS (which I think is not the
case, above).
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