From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP/Long filename problems in Windows NT/DOS box :-(
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 20:29:52 -0700
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Steve Ball wrote:
> 
> I experience the same problems (with streambuf.h) when trying to compile in
> Window 98's MS-DOS mode.  I would dearly love to be able to do all my
> compilation without Windows loaded because the program depends centrally on
> timing routines which get querked under a pre-emptive scheduling o/s. Is it
> possible to compile and run program under DOS?

Yes.  The problem is that in DOS, a program can see only the short alias
of your long names.  Windows aliases streambuf.h as stream~1.h, which
isn't recognizably equivalent.

If DOS is most important to you, then reinstall DJGPP using PKUNZIP or
some other non-LFN unzipper, set LFN=N in your environment, and never
look back.  You won't be able to see long file names even in Windows,
however.  It's an all-or-nothing deal.

The other option, if you want both to work, is to set NameNumericTail to
0, so that streambuf.h   will get a short alias of streambu.h (which
*is* equivalent under DOS), and reinstall with Winzip.  Unfortunately,
Windows is a bit averse to letting you change this, but FAQ section
22.18 explains how to do it.

> Running under DOS crashes the program in __crt1_startup before main even
> starts! What's a boy to do?

That's a separate question.  Please post the symified traceback.
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Nate Eldredge
neldredge AT hmc DOT edu