Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 12:39:44 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Scott Blachowicz <scott AT statsci DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: DJGPP & LFNs
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On 26 Aug 1997, Scott Blachowicz wrote:

> >>>>> "Eli" == Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
>  Eli> DJGPP supports LFN automatically.
> 
> Depends on the OS...as far as DJGPP is concerned NT (4.0, at least)
> appears to be DOS 5.50 (or something like that), and the DPMI INT to get
> long filename info doesn't appear to be supported.

LFN is only supported when it is available.  That is the meaning of
the word ``automatically'' in my message.  NT doesn't make the LFN API
available to DOS programs, so in that sense it is the same as plain
DOS.  Which means LFN is unavailable to DJGPP programs on NT.  (The
DJGPP FAQ says so as well, btw.)