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- From: francis@vnet.ibm.com (Tim Francis)
- Message-ID: <19921106.073940.447@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 10:39:27 EST
- Subject: NMake, support long filename ?
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- References: <1992Nov6.020021.29864@nuscc.nus.sg>
- 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 <1992Nov6.020021.29864@nuscc.nus.sg>,
- scstech@solomon.technet.sg (Wilson Lau) writes:
- >
- >Howdy,
- >
- > I'm new to OS/2 and I'm trying to port an application from Unix to OS/2. While using the NMAKE utility from the Developer's Toolkit, I got a warning
- >message on a filename that was longer than 8 characters in length. Is there
- >an option/fix to resolve this ? I was happy to note that the HP partition now
- >supports long filenames but looks like I still have to be constrained by 8-char
- >filename limits. Doesnt't make much sense here. I would be grateful if
- >anyone out there has a solution to this. Thanks for your kind attention.
-
- There is a bug in the current version of NMAKE, that restricts the use
- of HPFS filenames to a OS/2 versions with a minor version >=2 (it should
- have also checked the major version). You can phone the OS/2 support
- line (1-800-3IBM-OS2, I think) and request a fixed version of NMAKE --
- sorry, I don't have the APAR number. If you feel adventurous, you can
- patch the code yourself. WARNING: Making the following patch is not
- supported!!!! If in doubt, phone the support line and get the real fix.
-
- For NMAKE version 2.000.000, file size 88013 and file date 3-30-92
- use the PATCH utility and specify file offset 7B34. The data at this
- location should be:
- 80 3E 6D 15 14 ...
- The 14 is the version number. Change this to 00. Thus the data
- should now be:
- 80 3E 6D 15 00 ...
-
- NMAKE will now support HPFS filenames. -tim
-