From:	Robert Parker <rparker AT thefont DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
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Subject:	Long File Name Use
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Date:	Sat, 7 Mar 1998 12:42:54 +0000
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Hi,
I've installed the long filename beta product but when I try to pass a long
filename to the DJGPP compiler (gcc) it complains that the file cannot
be found.

How does the long filename functionality work ? I would have thought that
it intercepted the standard DOS interrupt for opening files and applied any 
long filename look-up necessary then passed the actual 8.3 name to the 
original DOS interrupt - that way programs dont need modifying to use long
filenames (providing the program allocates a large enough buffer to store
long filenames - which shouldn't be a problem for gcc as it is presumably a
port from the Unix implementation)

TIA,
Robert Parker

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