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From: calhoun@usaos.uucp (Warren D. Calhoun)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
Subject: Re: Help! modifying os to support >14 char filenames (sys V.3)
Keywords: help,unix,internals
Message-ID: <1990Sep10.095750.28958@usaos.uucp>
Date: 10 Sep 90 09:57:50 GMT
References: <1430@engadm2.csd.mot.com> <3958@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu> <4040@auspex.auspex.com>
Organization: The U.S. Army Ordnance School at Fort Belvoir, VA
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In <4040@auspex.auspex.com> guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes:

>>Why have you got only 14-char filenames?

>Presumably because he's using a system with only the V7-based S5 file
>system. 

>>Is this _really_ V?

>The standard file system with S5 releases prior to S5R4 is V7-based, and
>has a 14-character limit on file names, yes.  S5R4 also comes with the
>4.3BSD file system, which has a 255-character limit....

Can you say POSIX compliance?

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