Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 21:14:07 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Sort temp file bug?
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> From: Jason Hood <adoxa AT postmark DOT net>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> 
> I was testing GLOBAL in straight DOS when sort gave me an error
> about a temp file already existing. The file was something like
> "sort1234510001". Looking at the binary, it seems it should have
> been something like "s1234510.001".

I don't understand: what does ``looking at the binary'' mean?  How do
you look at the binary and see what temporary files will it produce?

> Is LFN not being detected?

It should be.

> Having only looked at 'sort.c', it appears HAVE_PATHCONF might not
> be defined, because pathconf() works (in Windows, with LFN=n; setting
> LFN=n in DOS didn't help).

What is the size and time stamp of sort.exe you are using?  I remember
some bug around those lines in some uploaded binary distro, but I
think it was later corrected.