Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:06:45 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Marc Singer <elf AT netcom DOT com>
Cc: DJGPP List Alias <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Source archive for make-3.75 and long names
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On Wed, 23 Oct 1996, Marc Singer wrote:

> > It shouldn't be too hard to write a small DJGPP program that will put the 
> > long command line into CMDLINE variable and invoke the program you need.
> 
> Does this technique work with Win32 native programs?  My client is
> using MSC10, aka Visual (ha) C++ 4.0.

I have no idea, but I cannot imagine why not.

Even if that doesn't work, you can change `system' and/or `spawn' in the 
DJGPP library so that they will support whatever method native Win32 
programs use.  Since DJGPP is free software, you can do whatever you like.