Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 13:13:07 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: taupin <taupin AT lps DOT u-psud DOT fr>
cc: DJGPP List <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Long file names
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On Mon, 3 Aug 1998, taupin wrote:

> Question: is there a patch or something else so that djgpp is able to
> open/create file of long file names under Win95/NT?

On Windows 9X this is automatic.  Just set LFN=y in the environment, and 
DJGPP will use long file names.

Windows NT doesn't support the special API which makes long file names 
available for DOS programs, so DJGPP cannot see them.  You might consider 
trying the alpha version of Andrew Crabtree's LFN driver for NT.  Look up 
its URL in the DJGPP mail archives at 
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/mail-archives/, the announcement was posted 
a few months ago.