Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 18:30:59 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Michael Mauch <michael DOT mauch AT gmx DOT de>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: _chmod() vs. _dos_setfileattr()/_dos_getfileattr() and long filenames
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On Sat, 2 May 1998, Michael Mauch wrote:

> _dos_setfileattr() and _dos_getfileattr() don't handle long filenames, I
> propose to mention that in the docs. 
> 
> On the other hand, _chmod() does handle long filenames, although the
> docs say:
> 
> "This is a direct connection to the MS-DOS chmod function call, int
> 0x21, %ax = 0x4300/0x4301."

Thanks for your report.

Funny how these things work: just a month ago I submitted to DJ Delorie 
changes for the docs of the functions you mention (and then some that you 
don't) which cover exactly this problem.  So the next DJGPP release will 
correctly document these functions.