Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 13:34:25 -0400
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <99082009552700.01401@sparky.lineo.com> (message from Jared
	Stevens on Fri, 20 Aug 1999 09:50:59 -0600)
Subject: Re: Having problems running gxx under dr-dos (lfn support problem)
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> I've got a computer running linux and I'm using DOSEMU to write and
> compile programs. I'm running DR-DOS 7 and when I compile stuff with
> GXX it has problems because some of the header file names don't
> corispond with the 8.3 file naming format and so it screws stuff
> up. Is there a way to fix this little problem? (Is there a way to
> make DJG++ work without needing long file names or would I have to
> try and fix DOS?)

Does dr-dos have a long-file-name tsr?  If not, you can use a 16-bit
unzip program to unzip the files *inside* dosemu, so that they're
created with short file names.