Subj : Re: long filename...
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Ed Mulroy [TeamB]
Date : Sat Oct 09 2004 07:54 pm

I assume that you are writing a 32 bit Windows program.

If you use the Windows API functions FindFirstFile, FindNextFile and 
FindClose, the returned values have the long file name and, if the 
name is not a valid DOS 8.3 name, it also gives you the short file 
name.

..  Ed

> ron wrote in message
> news:41685b12@newsgroups.borland.com...
>
> I need to read from a dir all the filesnames and copy
> them into a file. nice, i can do that only that the name
> are max 8 letters + . + 3 of ext.
>
> how can i copy the full and long filename ???
>
> i'm using open dir, and then readdir

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