Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 18:51:24 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: RW Scovell <phrwxs AT bris DOT ac DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: STL,DJCPP & MS-DOS6
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On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, RW Scovell wrote:

> 	I just recently downloaded DJGPP from www.delorie.com; it looks
> great but I am having compatibility problems with MS-DOS6. The problem
> is that the STL and various files which come with DJGPP are long
> filenames (e.g. longer than ********.***).

This should not present any problems at all.  When you unzip the packages 
on MS-DOS, DOS automatically truncates the long names to 8+3 limits.  
When the compiler then wants to find, say, streambuf.h, it will happily 
find streambu.h, because DOS truncates the long name issued by the 
compiler.

So you shouldn't have any problems whatsoever--unless you unzipped the 
packages under Windows 9X, and then want to use them in plain DOS mode, 
for some reason.  This is not what most people do; usually they unzip and 
use the package in the same environment.  However, if for some reason you 
do need that, read section 22.18 of the DJGPP FAQ list.