Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 19:46:37 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Gail Fitzmaurice <fitzmaurice AT FWVA DOT SAIC DOT COM>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Unzip with Long File Names
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On Wed, 14 May 1997, Gail Fitzmaurice wrote:

> I am trying to unzip a file created in UNIX which contains files with
> long names.  I need to unzip it in DOS, but the filenames are truncated
> to 8.3.  I've been trying to research and I found a FAQ that stated that
> you can't extract long filenames under DOS, but  an addendum was added
> that you can with Info-ZIP's Win32 version of their Unzip product if it
> is compiled with the djgpp 2.x compiler.  Can someone save me the time
> and tell me if anyone's done this already?  Thanks

Please explain more about your problem.  You can't have filenames longer
than 8.3 on MS-DOS, no matter which UnZip do you use.  The last version of
InfZip's UnZip, when compiled with DJGPP v2, can extract files with long
filenames, but only if you run it from Windows 95 DOS box, not on plain
DOS.