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From: Andris Pavenis <pavenis AT latnet DOT lv>
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Confusion over long file names and zip-picker
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 08:58:30 +0300
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On Thursday 10 June 2004 02:08, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > So, what's the deal here, should I preserve long file names or not ?
>
> djgpp's unzip32 will always do the right thing.
>
> > Which one is wrong, the web site? the readme file? neither? both?
>
> Looks like the zip picker is wrong, although those are win2k/winxp
> specific instructions.  Can someone with win2k or winXP check to see
> if LFNs are supported there?

Both support. I have tested only WinXP Pro.

However I have seen one difference between LFN support of for example 
Win95 and WinXP: if the length exceeds maximum permitted for Windows, then
under Win95 there is no error message (name is either truncated ... or there
is buffer overrun - I haven't studied more detailed). On WinXP I'm getting 
error message. But this difference is not DJGPP specific, as I'm getting the
same for MINGW. Maybe we need some workaround for it.

Andris