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Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 09:07:06 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: problem with filenames
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Mbaccar AT aol DOT com wrote:
> 
>    I installed the djgpp sources today. ls command gives
> 
> bash$ ls
> acrobat3  aol40     mssql     orant     tcl
> adobeapp  java      myproj~1  perl      temp
> bash$
> 
>   This is the 8.3 dos filename problem (myproj~1). The file system
> is NTFS which supports long filenames. djgpp.env file specifies
> LFN=y. What's the problem?
> 
>    Currently, gxx is failing to find header files because of this
> 8.3 problem.

See FAQ section 8.2.  Basically, although NT's file system supports long
file names, the OS doesn't provide the API to DOS boxen, which is what
DJGPP needs to access them.  If you want to know why not, ask Microsoft.

You will have to reinstall DJGPP, using an unzipper that *doesn't* try
to use long file names (PKUNZIP, for instance).  The headers and such
will work then, because GCC will see things like streambu.h, without a
numeric tail.

Alternatively, there is an experimental driver for LFN on NT; see FAQ
section 3.3.  I have heard reports that it works, but not completely.
-- 

Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com