Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 11:34:06 -0800 (PST)
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To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: DJGPP and Windows NT
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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At 05:13  10/26/1997 +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

>You might start by writing to Microsoft and telling them that you
>won't upgrade to NT if the LFN API (or something similar) isn't
>supported there.  Maybe it will make a difference (especially if there
>are more people that share this view and they will also write).
>
>In order to have an NT-specific LFN support in DJGPP, somebody should
>find a way of getting at the long names from a DOS program running on
>NT.  Then the DJGPP libc could be augmented with this support.
Just wondering: How does a native NT program find out about long file names?
Would it be possible to use the same method? This might be a stupid
question, but I'm curious...

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net