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Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 18:04:42 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: can i get extended file name (like windows) using DJGPP ?
In-Reply-To: <35DA0DB3.FE9276AB@hotmail.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980823180301.1451w-100000@is>
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On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, unknown wrote:

> i was wondering if there is a function in DJGPP that reads long file
> names (more than 8 characters) ?

Just set LFN=y in the environment, and DJGPP's built-in long file name 
support will kick in.

> and if there is a function that returns disk space that is larger than
> 2GB ?

No.  But you can use __dpmi_int to call the relevant DOS function 
directly.

> does it support FAT32 in any way ?

What special support are you thinking about?

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