Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!nebulus!root From: root@nebulus.UUCP (Dennis S. Breckenridge) Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386 Subject: Re: extended file names Keywords: filenames unix Message-ID: <1990Mar27.203905.3598@nebulus.UUCP> Date: 27 Mar 90 20:39:05 GMT References: <511363@nstar.UUCP> <_+B$CS+@b-tech.uucp> Reply-To: root@nebulus.UUCP (Dennis S. Breckenridge) Organization: Alchemy Mindworks, Vancouver, Canada Lines: 18 In article <_+B$CS+@b-tech.uucp> zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff) writes: > In article <511363@nstar.UUCP> larry@nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes: > >Is there a way to modify the kernel (386/ix) to increase the length > >of file names to 18 characters? > > Yes, in fact AT&T has done it and called the new kernel Sys V.4 :-). Are you sure? I had a look at the AT&T software at a trade show and all I saw was the UFS file system type. I did notice symlinks are there but not long file names. It may be released in the final product. Also have a look at your sendmail.cf your header has a typo! -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis S. Breckenridge (604) 277-7413 dennis@nebulus.uucp VE7TCP EMACS: Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------