Dosbox integration

[Charles Davis]

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