From: "Edmund Horner" <ejrh AT paradise DOT net DOT nz>
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Subject: Re: File handling / argument globbing
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> How do I get to know long filename's short (8+3) -name?

I had this very same problem, which I solved after searching through the
findfirst() source.  Here's the little file I used.  I hope it's useful or
at least points you in the right direction.

Unfortunately I can't remember what the 'pathlen' argument means, but I
guess that it is the size of the 'pathname' argument given to findfirst() --
ie: strlen (pathname) + 1.

/*
    getdosname.c - This little function will get the 8.3 format DOS name
    immediately after a call to findfirst() or findnext().

    Warning: some very dirty tricks are used in this file.

    Copyright (C) 2000, Edmund Horner.
*/

#include <dir.h>
#include <go32.h>

int getdosname (char *dest, int pathlen)
{
 struct ffblklfn temp;

 dosmemget (__tb+pathlen, sizeof (struct ffblklfn), &temp);

    strcpy (dest, temp.fd_name);

    return 1;
}