Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 14:04:39 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Alexander Bokovoy <bokovoy AT bspu DOT ac DOT by>
cc: DJGPP mailing list <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Write LFN handler for raw DOS?
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On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Alexander Bokovoy wrote:

>  Write handler for file I/O operations (in libc, if I correct) that use
>  FCB-interface for getting/putting long file names under raw DOS on
> FAT32 drives?

I don't understand what are you suggesting.  AFAIK, long names without
Windows 95 requires direct disk access to read-write raw directory
entries.   Direct disk access is not easy, and requires to read the
entire disk (or its large parts) into memory before you can do
anything useful.  Did you ever wonder why does it take Norton Disk
Editor so much time to start?

What does FCB format have to do with this, and why do you thing FAT32
drives make this mission easier?