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From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: "Hugo Simon" <hugo DOT simon AT gmx DOT de>
> Date: Tue, 7 May 2002 18:11:40 +0200
> 
> > while (de = readdir(d))
> Maybe that readdir is not compatible with long filenames, I newer tried it.
> You can use findfirst/findnext, it works fine in my application.

Not only is readdir compatible with long file names (otherwise it
would not work on Windows 9X as well), but it also calls
findfirst/findnext internally.