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-: Same here, but I don't feely too bad about not having long file
-: names.

The lack of LFN support on raw DOS has indeed been tolerable, thanks
to the efforts of those who port the software.

-: I'm not against having the LFN TSR as part of DJGPP, if it's ready for
-: prime time, though.

It is alpha-level code, so it shouldn't (yet) be part of the official
DJGPP distro.  But it is functional enough to use/abuse/debug, and it
implements most if not all of the LFN API.  Bill obviously put a lot of
time/effort into it.  It generates a 48-bit CRC for the LFN and uses that
for the SFN---so instead of MICROS~1 you get a SFN that has characters
from the upper 128 of the current character set.  It's pure djasm and
pretty easy to follow (with RBIL at hand).  If it could be built using
stock DJGPP tools, that might encourage its continued development.

The last two patches for djasm (and some additional documentation) have
been ready for ages; all I need is a free weekend....