Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 15:43:43 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Bill Currie <bcurrie AT tssc DOT co DOT nz>
cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Possible enhancements on v2.02
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On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Bill Currie wrote:

> One example I can think of is when using the result of truename (7160).
> I'm not sure if I've got all the bugs taken care of for this, but my lfn
> driver will return the LFN form for the expanded path if the above
> option is enabled.  That was the only problem caused by this option I
> could think of. If you know/think of any others, please let me know.

Another, more subtle, problem is with the command-line globbing in the
startup code, since the LFN usage may change half-way through the
startup.  See the other thread on djgpp-workers.

> IMHO, W95 screwed up. I've found the W95 method more trouble than it's
> worth.

Please tell more about the trouble you get with what Windows 95 does.

Anyway, being compatible sometimes means you need to emulate the bugs
as well.