1. Re: long file names in dos
On Thu, 5 Nov 1998, noah smith wrote [privately]:
> i may be speaking out of my place here, but i found that dos would
> except long files names if they were in quotes, such as:
>
> c:\progra~1\netscape or
Works wherever under DOS 7.xx and Win9x
> c:\"program files"\netscape
Doesn't work in DOS mode (Shutdown to DOS or Startup to DOS).
Long filenames just aren't available there.
> however, the quotes will not work on some occasions (i think within a
> dos box).
Wrong way round. :) They *do* work in DOS *boxes* (or 'Alt-Enter'ed
DOS-boxes) but nowhere else.
If you want Long Filenames, the GUI *has* to be running. If that isn't a
scam, I don't know what is.
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