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Subject:	Re: c++ with djgpp without long filenames
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > From: Dirk Groeneveld <dirk DOT groeneveld AT gmx DOT de>
> > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> > Date: Sat, 05 Jan 2002 13:15:13 +0100
> >
> > I recently installed djgpp on a native-FreeDOS machine (no emulator or
> > anything). Everything went fine.
> > Everything but the C++ header files. Since most of the filenames are longer
> > than 8.3, they got truncated and the compiler can't find them any more.
> 
> The truncation is not the reason; I'm using the C++ compiler on a
> plain DOS system where all file names are truncated, and don't have
> any trouble.  Things are set up to make it work; in particular, when a
> compiler tries to open a file like "streambuf", the OS silently
> truncates that name to "streambu", and the file with the truncated
> name is found.
> 
> So please don't assume the truncation is the reason.  Instead, please
> post here the exact command you used to compile you program and the
> exact text of any error messages you saw, and someone will help you
> resolve the problem.

Your are, I believe, assuming that the W95x registry patch for
truncated names was in effect when the file/directory etc. was
created.  Tain't necessarily so.

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