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- From: francis@vnet.ibm.com (Tim Francis)
- Message-ID: <19920730.160647.158@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 92 18:44:54 EDT
- Subject: Workframe/2 doesn't do HPFS?
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- References: <30JUL199214240782@venus.tamu.edu>
- Reply-To: francis@vnet.ibm.com
- Organization: IBM Canada Lab, WorkFrame/2 development
- Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
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- In article <30JUL199214240782@venus.tamu.edu>,
- tcf9033@venus.tamu.edu (FREY, TONY C) writes:
- >
- > does Workframe/2 not support HPFS? The reason I ask is I was working on a
- >project called PARTITION, which had all the extensions for the various files
- >(.c,.mak,.dep, etc) but Link386 and Nmake both bailed when they hit the
- >filename saying that they had to convert it to 8.3 format. What gives? The
- >IBM OS/2 compiler can't use the benefit of long filenames???? Do I just
- >have something set up wrong???
-
- WorkFrame/2 is most definitely enabled for HPFS filenames; unfortunately,
- NMAKE is not. -tim
-
- In <19920713.064302.212@almaden.ibm.com>, dmm@vnet.ibm.com (dave) writes:
- >
- >The NMAKE group got HPFS support written shortly before GA, but the PTB
- >wouldn't let them put it into the GA product. Go figure. There is an
- >APAR open for this 8.3 problem, though. Call up the support line and
- >get your name added to the list of people wanting a fix for APAR PJ04801.
- >Disclaimer: I work over 1000 miles from the NMAKE group, so don't flame
- >me.
- >
- >Dave Mooney dmm@vnet.ibm.com
- > C Set/2 Development, IBM Canada Lab, 844 Don Mills Rd, Toronto, Ontario
- > "Everybody's happy, they're finally all the same"
-