FindFirstFile API searches for files based on long and short names

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Rups - 07 Nov 2006 13:09 GMT

API FindFirstFile searches for files based on long and short names(8+3).
If i need to search files based on long names only .
How can i do ?Is there any other API which does search based on long names
only.
Any help is appreciated.
-Rups

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Carl Daniel [VC++ MVP] - 07 Nov 2006 14:49 GMT

> API FindFirstFile searches for files based on long and short
> names(8+3). If i need to search files based on long names only .
> How can i do ?Is there any other API which does search based on long
> names only.

No, there is not. Your only practical recourse is to use FindFirst/NextFile
to return information on all files and check the long names yourself.

-cd

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