Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 16:55:11 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Oberhumer Markus <k3040e4 AT c210 DOT edvz DOT uni-linz DOT ac DOT at>
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: rename() problem in Win95 ?
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On Sun, 30 Jun 1996, Oberhumer Markus wrote:

> code fragment in msdos.c. As I don't have Windows 95 I can't
> verify the claims herein, but maybe it proves useful as
> a patch for rename().

I don't think we should patch `rename' to work around this bug, which is
clearly Win95's fault.  For starters, `rename' is already too bloated.  A
reasonable application (which doesn't call file-oriented Int 21h functions
directly) won't see both short and long filenames at the same time, so no
harm done here either.  (I don't understand why does Vim need this patch.)
Better yell at MS to get this right.