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Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 08:36:46 +0200
From: Tim Van Holder <tim DOT vanholder AT falconsoft DOT be>
Organization: Anubex N.V.
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CC: Boris Gaspic <boris DOT gaspic AT am2 DOT ericsson DOT se>
Subject: Re: Q: Long file names, djgpp 2.95.3 / WinNT 4.00 NTFS
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Boris Gaspic wrote:
> 
> I am new to djgpp. I am trying to write a program which
> -must- use long file names on a WinNT 4.00 NTFS disk.
> And I can't fopen() anything that's not 8.3. (a big problem
> to me, since I'm dealing with thousands of files whose name
> is a combination of two 32-bit database keys, and I must
> access them knowing these keys...)

DJGPP does not support LFNs on NT4, because NT4 does not
provide the LFN API.  However, IIRC there is an LFN driver
available for NT which would give you what you want.
I'm sure the FAQ has more info on this (and since I don't
have one handy, I'll leave it to Eli to point out the exact
section :-)

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Tim Van Holder - Anubex N.V.
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