Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 17:58:46 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Pete Nelson <dieter AT minn DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Long filenames - where are they stored?
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On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Pete Nelson wrote:

>  Works well from the command line.  Now how do I redirect it to grab the
> 32bit filename on a 'drag-n-drop'?

I assume you run this utility from Windows 95, and that you have set 
LFN=y in the environment or in your DJGPP.ENV files.

If the above is true, then call the library function `_truename' on the 
short 8+3 alias, and it will return the long name.  If you want the long 
name to be formatted with Unix-style forward slashes, call `_fixpath' on 
what `_truename' returns.

One caveat: `_truename' can return a UNC (like "\\FOO\SYS\DIR\FILE") 
instead of the usual DOS "D:\DIR\FILE" when the file is on a remote 
drive, even if the short alias was in the DOS "D:\FOO" form.  There is a 
way to work around this (if you at all care), but it is tricky.