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   Harry Potter to Robert Roland   
   Re: Parsing path in batch file?   
   16 Dec 13 06:20:02   
   
   From: rose.joseph12@yahoo.com   
      
   On Saturday, December 14, 2013 5:38:56 AM UTC-5, Robert Roland wrote:   
   > On Fri, 13 Dec 2013 10:03:40 -0800 (PST), Harry Potter   
   > >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.   
      
   I will still use DOS but for the same reason I've been: as a toy.  I like   
   toys!  :)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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