Long filenames in Windows NT

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Re: Long filenames in Windows NT by PodMaster (Abbot) on Aug 20, 2002 at 11:22 UTC
Super Search (also covered in How to RTFM) (crazyinsomniac: so lazy, what a shame) Re: Perl & Window's system stuff: Can they get along? (crazyinsomniac) Re: Grabbing 8.3 DOS names `use Win32; my $path =Win32::GetFullPathName($file); die Win32::GetLongPathName($path); # Win32::GetShortPathName` [download] `____________________________________________________` ** The Third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Long filenames in Windows NT by theorbtwo (Prior) on Aug 20, 2002 at 10:57 UTC
IIRC, NT doesn't have the concept of "long" and "short" names. Check on this with windows explorer -- right-click a file, and see if it gives you a long and short name. If it doesn't, what you're asking for is simply impossible. If it does, look at Win32::API, and search on Microsoft Developer Network for the proper API function to call. IIRC, there's a fairly simple API for this. Confession: It does an Immortal Body good.	[reply]
Re: Long filenames in Windows NT by JaWi (Hermit) on Aug 20, 2002 at 11:00 UTC
You should check out the Win32API::File CPAN module. It allows you low-level access to the Win32 API related to file and directory handling. Succes! -- JaWi "A chicken is an egg's way of producing more eggs."	[reply]