Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 17:52:40 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: RHIDE & STL link command bug?
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On Fri, 16 May 1997, John M. Aldrich wrote:

> Most DOS programs ignore extra letters in filenames.  DJGPP follows this
> behavior.

Actually, it's DOS itself that silently truncates the filename to 8+3 
limits.  DOS programs and DJGPP doesn't have to do anything about it.