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From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Command line length limitations (was: Re: Pipes)
Message-ID: <12517@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 10 Jun 90 06:52:27 GMT
References: <2533@zipeecs.umich.edu> <136735@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <12396@cbmvax.commodore.com> <38zy02j0ae2P01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <38zy02j0ae2P01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> kim@uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
>> factor in design.  Path lengths are still constrained by the 255 character
>> limit to BSTRs, due to the packet formats.  At some later date I have plans
>> to eliminate that as well (no time for 2.0).
>
>255 *seems* reasonable for this, but it would be nice to get the fix "In there"
>for 2.1 ...

	Warning, it's a big one, so don't hold your breath yet.

>I assume filenames proper are still limited to 30 chars?

	The filesystem determines that, and the current filesystems (ram and
the rom FS) use 30, but a FS could allow more.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Common phrase heard at Amiga Devcon '89: "It's in there!"