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Date: | Sun, 7 Feb 1999 11:50:18 +0200 (IST) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
X-Sender: | eliz AT is |
To: | "Gurunandan R. Bhat" <grbhat AT unigoa DOT ernet DOT in> |
cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: File name truncation (ls, cp..) |
In-Reply-To: | <Pine.LNX.3.91.990204155630.724A-100000@aditya.unigoa.ernet.in> |
Message-ID: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.990207114956.15342N-100000@is> |
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Reply-To: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Gurunandan R. Bhat wrote: > > NT doesn't support LFNs, but you can try > > http://www.goof.com/pcg/djgpp/ntlfn.html > > The DOS box in NT does seem to *display* long file names though. That's because the NT shell is not really a DOS program, it's a Win32 console application in disguise. Win32 programs access long file names by issuing Win32 function calls, which a DOS program cannot use.
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