Date:	Thu, 4 Nov 1999 09:13:10 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	Wojciech Galazka <wojciech DOT galazka AT polkomtel DOT com DOT pl>
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Subject:	Re: long filenames and Windows NT
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On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Wojciech Galazka wrote:

> I'm working on long filename support under Windows NT 4.0.
> I started with the sources of nt-lfn written originally by to Andrew
> Crabtree but rewrote them substantially since then.

Sounds good.  Thanks for working on this!

> I wonder if there is enough interest in long filename support under NT at
> all?

I think the answer is a qualified YES!

> I so are there any folks willing to test if my codes work?
> So far I only made some testings under English versions of NT 4.0 Server &
> Workstation with SP5 logged on as an Administrator.

It would be a good idea to test this with some real-life packages that
use filesystem calls intensively.  Examples include `ls' from GNU
Fileutils, `find' from Findutils, RHIDE/SETEdit, and (gulp) Emacs.

Another good excercise is to try to build a large package, like
Binutils, and see if it finds some LFN-related problems (ENOENT
etc.).

If it turns out that these applications work reasonably well and
support long file names on NT, I'd say your driver is good enough to
be uploaded to SimTel.NET and recommended to DJGPP users for NT
platforms.

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