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From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Can I "alias" gxx with g++ in DOS/DJGPP?
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 18:42:24 GMT
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Eduardo M Kalinowski wrote:

> In article <37ca3358 DOT 4780950 AT netnews DOT worldnet DOT att DOT net>,
>   fakename AT worldnet DOT att DOT net (Joe Student) wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to configure DOS or DJGPP to recognize "g++" in place
> > of "gxx"? Is there something similar to the UNIX command
> > "alias g++ gxx"?
>     You can copy gxx.exe to g++.exe, but this doubles the disk space
> necessary. If you use a good shell (that is, NOT command.com), it might
> have an "alias" feature. (4DOS and bash do). Or you can create a 2k stub
> called g++.exe that runs gxx.exe . If you have the port of GNU
> fileutils, you can use ln -s gxx.exe g++.exe, as you would do in UNIX.
> If not, you can create one anyway, just look at the FAQ for "symbolic
> links".

    Shouldn't it be possible to change the LFN for gxx.exe to g++.exe?  What I
mean is that the 8.3 filename can be set to 'gxx.exe' and the other to
'g++.exe'.  I don't think Win9x comes with a tool to do this, but it shouldn't
be too hard to design (for someone who understands VFAT/FAT32).  Are there any
Win32 api calls to change the short-filename equivalent to a long-filename?

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