On Apr 8, 2013, at 1:27 PM, Fabian Ebner wrote: > Hello, > I'm Fabian Ebner and work with wine as a hobby. > > I found that GetShortNameA converts the example path > C:\123456789\dn\DN.COM > to > C:\1234~Q4C\dn\DN.COM > which causes problems with dosbox integration. > Dosbox would need the path as > C:\123456~1\dn\DN.COM > Is there another function that converts the path in the way, dosbox > needs it, should it be implemented or should dosbox be able to handle > the first form of the path too? DOSBox already handles Wine-style short paths (DOSBox r3743). > > Also wine often tries to mount his z: drive, which isn't possible, > because dosbox already mounts an own Z: drive > http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/ZDrive > Maybe wine should mount his Z: as Y:? You can pass the -z switch to DOSBox's mount command to remap DOSBox's drive Z: to something else (DOSBox r3736).
Chip
