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From: mazer@bek-owl.caltech.edu (Jamie Mazer)
Newsgroups: gnu.bash.bug
Subject: bash & filenames
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Date: 18 Jul 89 01:16:22 GMT
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I dunno if this is really a bug.. But our system runs a
SYSV derived version of unix (masscomp RTU). Some of the the
filenames in the bash (1.01) distribution got are longer
that 14 chars, and are truncated on untaring.

While I would agree that 14 chars may be a crazy limit for
an operating system, some of us have no choice in the
matter..  So, any chance of keeping filenames shorter in
future releases?

Thanks,
/Jamie