Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 17:30:35 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Niels Basjes <Basjes AT nlr DOT nl>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Long file names in DOS ?
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On Thu, 5 Feb 1998, Niels Basjes wrote:

> If you run DOS (or a Win95 Dosbox) then you MUST change all filenames to
> 8.3.

This is incorrect.  First, Windows 95 supports long file names, and
the DJGPP tools do that as well when you run them from the DOS box on 
Windows 95.

And second, even on plain DOS you only need to rename files which map to 
the same name after truncation to 8+3 limits.  See my other message in 
this thread, for more details.