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   Robert Roland to rose.joseph12@yahoo.com   
   Re: Parsing path in batch file?   
   14 Dec 13 11:38:56   
   
   From: fake@ddress.no   
      
   On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:03:40 -0800 (PST), Harry Potter   
    wrote:   
      
   >> Sure, VBDOS does not handle long file names, but that is the same   
   >> whether you run it under DOS or Windows.   
   >>   
   >Granted, most DOS programs run fine under Win98, including VBDOS, but I want   
   long filenames.   
      
   In that case, I suggest you give up on pure DOS right away. Sure,   
   there are hacks and tricks you can use, but as long as LFN support is   
   not native to the operating system, it's going to be very difficult to   
   get every application to recognize the LFNs.   
   --   
   RoRo   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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