Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!auspex!guy
From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Re: extended file names
Keywords: filenames unix
Message-ID: <3088@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 28 Mar 90 20:47:14 GMT
References: <511363@nstar.UUCP> <_+B$CS+@b-tech.uucp>
Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>>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 :-).

No, they increased it to 255 characters, actually.  (For those not aware
of it, S5R4 includes both the V7 file system traditionally used by S5,
with the 14-character maximum on file names, and the 4.3BSD file system,
with a 255-character maximum on file names.  Both plug into the Virtual
File System mechanism, derived from the SunOS 4.x one.)