From: Niels Basjes <Basjes AT nlr DOT nl>
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Subject: Re: Long file names in DOS ?
Date: Thu, 05 Feb 1998 14:39:35 +0100
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Trond Erik Bones wrote:
> I have a few makefiles written for UNIX which consists of long file
> names(longer than 8.3).
> 
> Do I need to change alle file names in my makefile so that GCC and Make(for
> Windows) understands them ?

If you run DOS (or a Win95 Dosbox) then you MUST change all filenames to
8.3.
Be also aware that if you have two files with names that only differ in
case
(Example: Foo.cc foo.cc FOO.cc) that you will NOT be able to store these
files
in the same directory under Win95/NT.

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Best regards,

Niels.

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