Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 12:02:04 +0300
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: erfarmer201 AT comcast DOT net (Eric Farmer)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: 22 Nov 2002 05:33:47 -0800
> 
> Having read the FAQ, I am not sure I "need" long filename support, if
> that simplifies things.

The issue of long file names only arises if you want to run the same
programs in the same directory both on plain DOS and on Windows.  If
your only need for DOS is to run a production program, I imagine it
won't be difficult for you to have a separate directory where you run
it on plain DOS.  If you can do that, you don't need to worry about
the numeric tails at all.

(I'm not even sure the NameNumericTail key exists in the XP's
registry.)