From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Long file name support
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:20:00 CDT
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> > The built-in C run-time functions (fopen, etc) work directly with long
> > names under all platforms which support the long file name DOS interrupts.

> Is the TSR to allow one to run in the just DOS (not in a DOS window), and
> still have long filename functionality?

There are TSRs for regular DOS which provide long filename functionality 
(file system may have long names when booted under Windows 95, for example).

There is a TSR designed to support long names under Windows NT - which
has a native file system that supports long names - but the DOS Window
does not support the long name DOS API.

So in general, if you aren't under DOS or Windows NT you don't need a
TSR for long names.