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From: tomg@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Thomas J. Gilg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Long filenames on HPUX 6.2
Message-ID: <101950056@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 11 Oct 89 17:09:01 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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>> 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.

I've heard it's more desirable to `newfs -L` your disk from the 
start, rather than convert it later to long file names.  Not sure
why people were saying this.  Just thought I'd pass that on,

> John Milburn - Advanced Light Source - Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Thomas Gilg
tomg@cv.hp.com