Path: utzoo!censor!becker!bdb From: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: csa & cba postings Message-ID: <2614@becker.UUCP> Date: 21 Jan 90 09:46:32 GMT References: <75826@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Reply-To: bdb@becker.UUCP (Bruce Becker) Organization: G. T. S., Toronto, Ontario Lines: 42 In article <75826@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Jeff Martens writes: |In article dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) writes: | |>The recent "ChatterBox" posting will not "unshar" correctly, because |>it uses filenames longer than 14 characters. | |You must be using a REALLY old version of Unix. Jeff, you should find out what the facts are before shooting off your mouth. The current version of AT&T Unix, System V release 3.2, has this filesize. In fact, depending how it is configured, the upcoming release 4.0 can be set up to have it as well. |>Would it be possible to make it so that future postings "unshar" |>correctly under Unix? (I know, just be thankful I get them at all! :-) | |An operating system should be able to handle a descriptive file name. |I'd hope that the moderators wouldn't try to enforce anything like |this. Hey, don't be such a twink. Not everyone thinks that way, and there's no call to try & push your opinions off in such an arrogant fashion. Note, for example, how accomodating I'm being about this, heh heh. I'm writing this from a Unix machine - when I get to unsharing the file in question, I'll be fairly irritated to have all the hand work to deal with this filename problem. Since I tend to repackage & redistribute these things to Amiga folks, I want to have the process be as straightforward as possible. -- ,,,, Bruce Becker Toronto, Ont. w \$$/ Internet: bdb@becker.UUCP, bruce@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu `/c/-e BitNet: BECKER@HUMBER.BITNET _/ >_ "Money is the root of all money" - Adam