Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 11:47:34 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: thsvr AT polbox DOT com
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Reading long filenames ->problem
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On Sun, 6 Jul 1997 thsvr AT polbox DOT com wrote:

> Can someone tell me ( docs, faqs, sources ) how to get real name
> of the file created under w95 ( instead of XXXXX~1.XXX )? 
> I mean file with long name ( fe: 'PleaseHelp.question' ) 
> under plain dos ( 7.0 ), or windows95 using djgpp. 

When you run DJGPP programs from the DOS box, set LFN=y in the 
environment, and you will get long filenames.  Under plain DOS 7.0, you 
cannot have long filenames, since the support for it is implemented in 
Windows, not in DOS.