From: bpaddock AT csonline DOT net (Bob Paddock)
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Long name support in DOS
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 21:08:12 -0400
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>> I try to get long name ( more than 8+3 chars ) and I never succeeded.
>
>If you are working on plain DOS or Windows 3.X, you cannot have long 
>file names.
>

Your comment reminded me of a file I've had laying around
here for years (not some thing I wrote):

----------------------------------------------------------
Version 1.40 of the 32 char filename kit. Useful for
DOS/Unix/Mac hackers who are tired of 8.3 name mangling.
This kit consists of a TSR, library, samples, and a set of
GNU file utilities which are FN32 aware. The TSR manages
dictionary files which provide symbolic links from the
long names to unique short names. Source code is available.
-----------------------------------------------------------

You can download it from my web site at:

       http://www.csonline.net/bpaddock/fn32/fn32.htm

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