From: cmapworx <cmapworx AT polbox DOT com>
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Subject: Re: 8.3 problem
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 10:36:37 +0200
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is it possible to use djgpp on windows nt?
maybe is a case of misconfiguration but I can't make it work...
trying to make a c++ program I got this message:
Error: ld.exe: cannot find -lstdcxx
Is it due to the fact libstdcxx.a doesn't fit 8.3 scheme or is it other
problem?

Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:

> ROLAND <roland_asmann AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> > I have compiled several programs with my
> > cross-compiler but they all have the same problem: If
> > I want to open a file which is longer than 8.3, it
> > doesn't work.
>
> Note that DOS itself doesn't support filenames longer than that.  It's
> only Win9x and some of the later systems (excluding) that extend DOS
> towards longer filenames.  And unless you misconfigured your DJGPP
> runtime environment, DJGPP can support long filenames.
>
> > Is there a way to get around this, or do I just have
> > to make sure that the files I use are just not longer
> > then  8.3??
>
> Use Win98, and make sure you're not having "LFN=Y" in your environment
> or DJGPP.ENV.
> --
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.