Re: LYNX-DEV Lynx_386 for DOS Bug Report (14 March 1997 version)

[Hiram Lester, Jr.]

On Tue, 18 Mar 1997, Doug Kaufman wrote:

> The binary can not write a file when an attempt is made to save the
> options, since the file to be written is compiled in as ".lynxrc", 
> which falls outside the 8+3 DOS rules.  When I changed it to "_lynxrc" 
> in the binary, options could be saved without difficulty.

Wayne, this probably should be "lynx.rc" or "lynxrc." in both the DOS and
Win95 versions for safety's sake.  I think the VMS version may make
concessions on the lynxrc filename as well: "rename lynxrc .lynxrc" will
yield lynxrc.lynxrc... sigh.

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