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Re: Win95b and long filenames of the /usr mount
- To: Kevin Layer <layer at franz dot com>
- Subject: Re: Win95b and long filenames of the /usr mount
- From: Seymore Buttz <kunglao at prairienet dot org>
- Date: Tue, 03 Jun 1997 15:44:47 -0500
- CC: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <199706021945.MAA03450@ultra.Franz.COM>
Kevin Layer wrote:
>
> I don't know if this has been reported yet, but the OSR2 release of
> Windows 95 (aka "Windows 95b") doesn't have a DOS that allows long
> filenames. This means that until Windows starts you can't put
> ...\H-i386-cygwin32\bin in your PATH. This also means you have a
> classic chicken and egg problem: if you do it after Windows starts,
> then all processes started by the explorer won't inherit the new
> PATH.
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