Hi Karen, > Does freedos have its own long file name utility? > If so, is it close enough to ms dos to be run? > Just curious, the person I know seeking it says they are running freedos, > but they are using the old ms dos 7.1 lfn command. > Made little sense to me, unless there is no specific freedos utility for > it?
It depends on what they mean by LFN command. I imagine they might be referring to DOSLFN, the extension initially developed by Henrik Haftmann which enables FAT's LFNs (for all LFN-aware applications) without needing to load MS Windows. In that case, DOSLFN was developed to run on MS-DOS 7.00 and up initially, but it now does function properly with older MS-DOS versions and others such as DR-DOS and FreeDOS as well. In fact, it has been distributed along with FreeDOS for some time, and most recently is maintained by Jason Hood - not only for MS-DOS! In the FreeDOS website's software list, you can find DOSLFN in the UTIL category, or with this direct link: http://www.freedos.org/software/?prog=doslfn If this doesn't seem similar enough to what they were referring to, it might help if you could describe more what they and you mean by LFN command. If they were referring to DOSLFN, then they can use their "old MS-DOS 7.1" DOSLFN with FreeDOS, though it might be advisable for them to insure that they're using an updated DOSLFN (for both MS-DOS and FreeDOS). If they want that, please refer to Jason Hood's web page on DOSLFN (Primary site in the software list entry, linked above) for selecting the appropriate version - if you're using SHSUCDX or no CD FS redirector along with DOSLFN, the latest DOSLFN version should be the right one. There's another (older) one only required for using other CD FS redirectors such as MSCDEX along with DOSLFN. The latest one is currently 0.41b, and the alternative older one is 0.34d. Regards, Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
