From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject: Re: long filenames under Windows NT
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 11:12:53 +0000
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Paul Bickerstaff wrote:
> 
> I have a makefile of unix origin which contains some long filenames.
> When I built DJGPP under Windows 95 I found that I had to set LFN=y
> in the DJGPP.ENV as per the FAQ. However, the same thing does not work
> under Windows NT 4.0. I've verified that the problem is indeed with
> the long filenames by manually editing the makefile to use the short
> versions. Setting LFN via the Control Panel/System/Environment does
> not work either. Is there a fix? (Am using DJPP ver 2.01.).

Unfortunately, Windows NT 4.0 does not support the required API for DOS
programs to use long filenames.  This is quite simply an inherent
limitation of NT, and does not have anything to do with DJGPP
specifically.  The FAQ discusses the problem in chapter 3.3.

Some users have recently discussed some possible ways to circumvent the
LFN restrictions in WinNT's DOS shell.  If you're interested in this
effort, try searching the mailing list archives.

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