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From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
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Subject: Re: latest ls.exe version in XP problem
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 14:52:33 +0200 in comp.os.msdos.djgpp, "Eli
Zaretskii" <eliz AT gnu DOT org> wrote:

>> From: Brian Inglis <Brian DOT Inglis AT SystematicSW DOT Invalid>
>> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 08:21:57 GMT
>> 
>> >3) ls xxxx_xx_200409292300.* doesn't work
>> 
>> NTVDM does not support long file names.
>
>Not true: Windows XP does include the long filenames API that DJGPP
>uses to access long file names.  So something else is at work here.

That's not clear in any of the docs that mention W2K and XP. 
So MS giveth and MS taketh away in the newest version. 

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Thanks. Take care, Brian Inglis 	Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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