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From: | Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: latest ls.exe version in XP problem |
Organization: | Systematic Software |
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Date: | Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:44:06 GMT |
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On Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:02:00 +0200 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote: >> From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid> >> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 16:12:32 GMT >> >> >> NTVDM does not support long file names. >> > >> >Not true: Windows XP does include the long filenames API that DJGPP >> >uses to access long file names. So something else is at work here. >> >> That's not clear in any of the docs that mention W2K and XP. > >What docs? The W2K and XP docs at clio.rice.edu >> So MS giveth and MS taketh away in the newest version. > >If this is supposed to mean that the latest version of XP does not >support the LFN API, then it's not true: all versions of XP support >that API. The reverse: they added LFN, but removed other legacy support. -- Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis Calgary, Alberta, Canada Brian DOT Inglis AT CSi DOT com (Brian[dot]Inglis{at}SystematicSW[dot]ab[dot]ca) fake address use address above to reply
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