From: Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Long file names not accepted by gxx (or gcc)
Date: 17 Aug 2000 12:05:21 GMT
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Wojciech Galazka <wojciech DOT galazka AT polkomtel DOT com DOT pl> wrote:

> Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote: <8ngcta$8q3$1 AT nets3 DOT rz DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE>...

[...]
>>DOS emulation. Only Windows applications (including the 32bit
>>'cmd.exe' that runs the prompt, in NT) can see long filenames in
>>NT.

> Excuse me but I don't understand one thing. Doesn't the LFN driver that
> provides LFN API for Windows NT work for you ?

If *I* had an NT box to work on, I'd be using that, sure.  But the
original poster obviously doesn't have it, nor even heard about it,
yet.

In short, 'NT-with-LFNDOS.VXD' is an entirely different beast than
just 'NT'. Let's not confuse one with the other.

> I suspect the problem was with 'LFN=n ' in djgpp.env

Not with the version of DJGPP he downloaded (2.03).







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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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