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Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 16:56:35 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: OoHOSEoO <oohoseoo AT aol DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: long filenames in djgpp compiled program
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OoHOSEoO wrote:
> 
> hi, I've read the faq and didn't find anything on this particular problem.
> 
> For some reason all paths specified on the command line of my program must be
> in the longfi~1.ext form instead of the longfilename.ext form.. even when the
> file is enclosed in the specified double quotes.. is there some switch I need
> to compile with in order for my program to recognize long filenames?  Does the
> LFN environment variable have anything to do with this aspect of long
> filenames?  Any info would be appreciated.

Yes. Set the LFN variable to "Y", and everything will magically work.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com