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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: WARNING:  Potentially Dangerous Problem with Edit
Keywords: Edit HP/UX NFS
Message-ID: <1990Oct18.162558.3270@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 18 Oct 90 16:25:58 GMT
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In article <53474@hqda-ai.UUCP> powell@hqda-ai.UUCP (Robert Powell) writes:
>Three possible solutions come to mind:
>
>  1.  Use shorter filenames.
>  2.  Set Edit's Preferences to "Don't delete backup file".
>  3.  Increase HP/UX's filename length limit.

You forgot the obvious one:

   4.  Fix Edit to actually LOOK at result codes from file operations.


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Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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