Re: Getting short (DOS) name of file?

Thanks... thing is, it can be anything from c:\whatever.exe to c:\program files\program name\bin\program.exe. I'll write a function that goes to each directory in a string and does a dir /x if I have to, but isn't there a simpler way? Michael Sims wrote:

On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 01:12:47 -0500, you wrote:

I'm trying to run some (often user-defined) files on my windows server. Thing is, it seems to want short names (like C:\PROGRA~1\WHATEVER\PROG.EXE). Is there any way to get the short name from a long name?

Take a look at this: http://makeashorterlink.com/?V25A32BE2

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