Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 18:17:41 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku AT gilberto DOT physik DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: file/text/shellutils support LFN?
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On Sun, 12 Jan 1997, Christoph Kukulies wrote:

> Does anyone know whether said file/text/shellutils from Simtel
> support long filenames under Win95/WinNT?

All DJGPP programs support LFN on Windows 95 (but not on Windows/NT, 
since NT doesn't support the Microsoft LFN API available on Windows 95).

However, the File/Text/Shell-utils ports do more than just support long
filenames:  they change their workings to some extent when LFN allows them
to be more like on Unix.  For example, numbered backups behave on Windows
95 like you'd expect (foo.bar -> foo.bar.~1~), `touch' can change all the
3 time stamps of the file maintained by Windows 95 VFAT filesystem, etc.