Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:35:33 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Olivier Perron <perron AT art DOT alcatel DOT fr>
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, Olivier Perron wrote:

> - I try my sample code on Windows 95 version 4.00.950 B, 

Do you have some kind of network client installed which redirects PRN to 
a networked printer?

> - opening the printer with "ab" doesn't work either.

What happens if you use LPT1 or LPT2 instead of PRN?
Does "echo foo > prn" cause "foo" to be printed?

> - using the predefined stream stdprn is OK.

Well, at least you have a solution...