Hi Chris, indeed they are referring to doslfn, but as I am not sure, I have written to ask just what edition. Also which of freedos. they sent me the line they are loading...thoughts?
LH DOSLFN /Z:C:\DOS71\CP437UNI.TBL I feel sure they are not running what is current, and as their complaint is that the line does not work, it may not be by choice. Still part of their issue has to do with how wordperfect displays long file names, which it can do, but which they may not have allowed. Thanks again, Karen On Tue, 18 Sep 2012, C. Masloch wrote: > 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
