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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Long filenames in msdos kermit?
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Date: 2 Oct 97 08:10:25 MDT
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In article <60tlsu$en7$1@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
> In article <collins.875643388@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu>,
> Skip Collins <collins@aplcomm.jhuapl.edu> wrote:
> : Is it possible to coax mskermit into using long filenames when that is
> : supported by the underlying OS? If not, are there any plans to make it
> : possible?
> :
> No, and no. MS-DOS Kermit is a DOS program. If you want to access to the
> special features of OS/2 (or Windows 95 or NT), you need native 32-bit
> software for those platforms:
>
> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95.html
>
> - Frank
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I might add: the reason is DOS does not reveal those long names
via regular DOS calls. Thus this is not the fault of MSK.
Joe D.