Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 17:25:58 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Olivier Perron <perron AT art DOT alcatel DOT fr>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Problem when openning printer and current working directory is a long file name
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On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 15 Jun 1998, Olivier Perron wrote:
> 
> > If the current directory name is a short file name (/djgpp/contrib/print
> > for example) and if I call the above program, it will succeed.
> > 
> > Now, if the current directory name is a long file name
> > (/longlonglonglongfilename for example) then the above program will fail
> > to open the printer.
> 
> I don't see this behavior.  Your program works for me in both cases.
> 
> Did you try this on Windows 95 or Windows NT?  (I tried on 95.)
> 
> At least Windows 95 is known to play all kinds of dirty tricks with 
> devices, which can also vary between different systems.  So if nothing 
> else gives a clue, I can suggest two work-arounds:
> 
> 	1) open the printer with "ab" instead of "wb".
> 	2) use the predefined stream stdprn which should already be open 
> 	   by the DJGPP startup code.
> 

- I try my sample code on Windows 95 version 4.00.950 B, 
- opening the printer with "ab" doesn't work either.
- using the predefined stream stdprn is OK.

Olivier.