Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 16:02:23 +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 Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Olivier Perron wrote:

> > Yes, I've seen these problems too.  I need to say "echo foo >> prn" to 
> > get it to print.
> > 
> This one works if current directory is a short file name, but it still
> doesn't work if current directory is a long file name.

This is what I'd expect, since you say that "ab" doesn't work either.

On my machine >> always works, and so does "ab".  Interestingly enough, 
"wb" also works, although > prn does NOT.

I guess this depends on what network client software do you use.  I use 
the Novell's client.  Microsoft's client (which comes with Windows 95) is 
known to be buggy for DOS programs.  Maybe this is one of the bugs, who 
knows?