Re: open() long file names

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On Wed, 26 Apr 2000 13:01:01 -0700, Cuny, David@DSS wrote:

>Has there been any progress on the bug in open(), where you can't create
>long filenames if the file didn't previously exist? Any good workarounds? I
>guess this falls into the category of 'unified file tools' that people have
>been talking about.
>
>I guess I could shell out and rename the file, if worse came to worse...

Are you referring to long file names for DOS (ex.exe)?  Since you can't
really count on long file name support for all versions of DOS, wouldn't
your program be considered a Windows program (exw.exe)?  There are no
problems creating long file names using open() with exw.exe...

-- Brian

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