Q58487: C 6.00 Utility Support for OS/2 Long Filenames

Article: Q58487
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00
Operating System(s): OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_link s_nmake s_c | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 28-JAN-1991

The utilities shipped for Microsoft C version 6.00 provide limited
support for OS/2 long filenames introduced in OS/2 version 1.20.

The following is a list of the limitations:

1. Long filenames with quotation marks are supported via the command
   line. For example:

      "fooo bar"

2. Embedded quoted long filenames on the command line are not
   supported. For example:

      d:\foo\" bar xyzzy"

3. Link supports one quoted long filename per argument. For example

      "foo bar"+"bar foo"

   will resemble the following:

      "foo bar+bar foo"

4. NMAKE provides long filename support inside the makefile with the
   restriction (beyond 1 and 2 above) that target and dependent names
   cannot have a period (.) as the first character (conflicts with
   inference rules). For example:

      ".foo bar.c".".foo bar.exe"

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