Handle was created to extend the lifetime of old DOS programs. Such programs cannot handle long filenames. You can manually pass DOS 8.3 filenames to the program and rename its output to long filenames, but you can also let Handle handle that tedious process.
Such handling was the original idea with Handle, and that is how it is used in the Snobol4 / _files.sno demo program. Handle is useful with any DOS program that you want to use on files with long filenames.
Handle has an "error collection" facility that was included to collect error or status messages from the DOS program. However, this facility proved useful as a general "report collection" facility, and that is how Handle is used in the Snobol4 / Webinfo.sno demo program.
Handle has also a "Translate directory" facility. It can translate a "long" directory name and pass the DOS 8.3 version of the name to your DOS program.
All of these things are described in Handle's Help file.
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