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From: alistair@microsoft.UUCP (Alistair BANKS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Using fopen with HPFS
Message-ID: <56241@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 1 Aug 90 20:06:06 GMT
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In article <15590006@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> nacer@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Abdenacer Moussaoui) writes:
>What about an answer to the original posting, is fopen() restricted
>to 8.3 files?  Some poeple still like to use the standard C library
>thinking that it makes their code easier to port, will the OS/2 API's
>ever be supported in unix?

fopen is _not_restricted to 8.3 if you are using Microsoft C6 run-time
libraries, but remember that you must link with a .def file which
specifies that you can recognise long filenames.

As for OS/2 APIs on Unix - hey(!) its just software, someone could
do it some time! Don't hold your breath...

Alistair Banks
OS/2 Group
Microsoft