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Date:	Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:34:58 +0200
From:	Florian Xaver <wosrediinanatour AT aon DOT at>
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Subject:	Re: Long file name support
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Hi!

Do you mean plain DOS or Windows. If the problem is only in plain DOS 
you need a LFN driver. Use DOSLFN (There is a link at www.opus.co.tt/dave/ )

Bye, Flo

Mike C said the following / schrieb folgendes  (25.10.2004 22:02):
> Folks,
> 
> I have looked in the FAQ for this, but didn't find anything that described
> what I want - unless I completely misunderstood it.
> 
> I have written a program that operates on a source text file, parses it, and
> produces a target text file.
> Under Windows, I have made a shortcut to my program, and when I drag the
> source file from Windows Explorer, and drop it on the shortcut icon, the
> name of the source file, complete with its path, is passed to my program in
> argc[1]. I change the extension and use the rest for the path and file name
> for the target, so that it appears in the same directory as the source, but
> with a different extension. It all works fine.
> 
> The problem is that if the source is
> 
> d:\windows folder1\windows folder2\File with a long name.log
> 
> then the target file is
> 
> d:\window~1\window~2\File w~1.Prs
> 
> The program is quite usable, but for the sake of elegance, I would like it
> to give the target file its full name.
> 
> I saw the environmental variable, LFN=1, but that seems to be to make DJGPP
> read long file names when compiling etc, not to make it compile my programs
> with different features.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> MikeC
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