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> From: "Tim Van Holder" <tim DOT van DOT holder AT pandora DOT be>
> Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 15:51:49 +0100
> 
> What annoys me is that '.' doesn't have the same behaviour; I'm
> OK with test -f returning true, but then '.' should work without
> complaining.

What exactly is the problem with "."?  I'm afraid I didn't quite
understand that from your original message.

> I'll see if Akim accepts an autoconf patch to use LFN=n with
> that test; otherwise, I'll just keep it as a local patch for
> the 2.53 release.

I'd rather prefer that we try to fix it ourselves somehow.

> BTW, is there any way of avoiding the fact that DJGPP programs
> resize the DOS box to 80x50 under Win2K/XP?  Since I usually
> run at 132x60, the flashing back and forth gets annoying.

Yes, it's very annoying.  This goes back to NT4, btw, so it's
probably there for good.  One solution would be to use the ported
rxvt or some other ported terminal emulator, but I never had time to
try how well does it behave with DJGPP apps.