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From: milburn@me10.lbl.gov (John Milburn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Long filenames on HPUX 6.2
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Date: 11 Oct 89 03:23:22 GMT
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In article <4243@yunexus.UUCP> mathieu@yunexus.UUCP (Pierre Mathieu) writes:
>therefore considering converting our system to long
>filenames. Before I do this however, I would like to
>hear from people who have done it on their systems

We did this as soon as it was possible, and have experienced no ill
effects.  If you intend to integrate hp-ux machines into a nfs
environment including servers from other vendors, it is imperative that
you change.

It was necessary to recompile some of our own code (originally compiled
with 5.x libraries) using the 6.x libs, but this is a good idea anyway.

Also, we found that for some code (PD and freeware) it may be necessary
to bugger some of the standard traps people put in for sysV or rather,
non BSD, machines, restricting filename lengths.

Overall, the conversion was quite painless, and communication with our
bsd based machines is much more pleasant. 

-jem
John Milburn - Advanced Light Source - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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