From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: long header file names possible in gcc NT 4.0?
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:31:06 -0300
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Gary Ferland wrote:

> does this mean that long header file names are not supported at all by gcc
> under NT?
> thanks,

    In the standard package, yes.  If you wish to fix the problem, then ensure
you have "SET LFN=n" in your autoexec.bat file, and then whenever you get an
error like "cannot find streambuf.h" or something, just rename the file to it's
8.3 equivalent "streambu.h", there are a few others that you will have to worry
about, just chop off everything after 8 characters.  The reason you have to do
this is because WinNT (like Win95) displays "~"s with shortened file-names (but
only to dos programs).  There is a way to turn this off in Win95, is there a way
to turn this off under NT?  Either way, if you want to fix it all at once, you
can re-install with a DOS 8.3 unzipper (good old pkunzip).

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