Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 09:43:54 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: Fw: LBInstDJ - second, improved version
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On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, Laurynas Biveinis wrote:

> >>  * added check against LFN in installation path. Works only in DOS box
> >>    under Win95 / Win98

Why do you need this check?  I think the startup code already deals
with this, so long file names in the installation directory are okay
now.

> >You
> >might want to name the binary "install.exe" or something obvious like
> >that.

`install.exe' is too dangerous, IMHO.  Too many programs, including
one from the GNU Fileutils, have that name.