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Re: DOS LFN support

• Posted by Juergen Luethje <jluethje at gmx.de> Oct 26, 2002
• 451 views

Robert Craig wrote:

> Juergen Luethje writes:
>> In the next release, will there also be DOS
>> long filename support under Win 95/98/ME for
>> current_dir(), chdir(), and *full* LFN support
>> for dir() and open()?
>
> All I've done is extend the current support for
> DOS long filenames to XP and 2000.

I see. Are there other routines than the four functions mentioned
above that must be changed regarding long filenames? I dont't want
to overlook one..

<snip>
> I expect to have a 2.4 alpha-test release within 2 months.

Thank you for the information! I'm looking forward to the new
release.

<snip>
>> it shouldn't be too much work to extract the functions related to
>> long filenames, and rearrange them somewhat.
>
> If you can create a .e file with full support for long filenames,
> and if people can confirm that it works with all flavors of DOS,
> I can move the code into the interpreter.
<snip>

I'd be glad if it could be done this way, and I will do my best to
create a .e file with full support for long filenames as soon as
possible. I'll also add a draft of a report programm, that writes
the OS and the results of some tests to a plain text file, that people
can send to you by e-mail.

I myself have the possibility to test on
- plain MS-DOS 6.22            (no LFN)
- plain MS-DOS 7.1             (no LFN)
- MS-DOS 7.1 & Win 98/1st ed.     (LFN)
- MS-DOS  ?  & Win 2000           (LFN)

Regards,
   Juergen