From: "Joe C." <jcam_0 AT my-deja DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP/Long filename problems in Windows NT/DOS box :-(
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 15:51:45 GMT
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Thanks all for your comments.  I unzipped everything (specified by the
zip picker utility at delorie.com) with pkunzip and was able to
successfully use gpp in a Windows NT DOS box - so I think I'm up and
running!

Joe


In article <37cf28ff DOT 1481524 AT news3 DOT banet DOT net>,
  pjfarley AT banet DOT net (Peter J. Farley III) wrote:
> Joe C. <jcam_0 AT my-deja DOT com> wrote:
>
> >I'm having a problem running the djgpp/gpp compiler on Windows NT.
> >I've looked at a few posts and tried the suggestions regarding long
> >filenames, but so far it's still not working.
> >
> >Here's what I've done:
> >
> >Used winzip to unzip djdev202.zip, gcc295b.zip and gpp295b.zip.
>       ^^^^^^
>
> This may well be a large part of your problem.  As I understand it, to
> run DJGPP on NT you must use an unzipper that does NOT understand long
> filenames (DJ has one, I believe) so that all of the files have
> truncated 8.3 names.
>
> There is *no* long filename support in an NT DOS box, so you must
> follow the instructions as if you had a non-Win95 DOS box, and use
> only 8.3 names.
>
> HTH
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Peter J. Farley III (pjfarley AT nospam DOT dorsai DOT org OR
>                      pjfarley AT nospam DOT banet DOT net)
>

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