Is filename truncation possible on FAT filesystems under OS/2?

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From: Nigel Gamble
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 18:56

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Under DOS, if your compiler tries to access a file as a result of an

	#include <bsd_types.h>	/* 9 + 1 chars */

directive, and you have a file named bsd_type.h (8 + 1 chars) in your
include directory, everything works as you would expect: DOS trucates
`bsd_types.h' to 8 character (plus extension) and the file `bsd_type.h'
is opened.

However, under OS/2 this does not work.  Instead the compiler objects
that it can't find `bsd_types.h'.

Is there any was to force all file names to be truncated to 8 + 3
(like DOS does) when using a FAT filesystem?

(Yes, I'd like to install the compiler on an HPFS partition, but I'm
not going to do this until I have some way of backing up HPFS partitions
to tape.)
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Nigel Gamble					nigel@modcomp.com
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