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From: greiner@col.hp.com (Mike Greiner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: how to get longer file names?
Message-ID: <17580001@col.hp.com>
Date: 7 Dec 90 19:41:13 GMT
References: <1990Dec6.123154@dali.gatech.edu>
Organization: HP Colorado Springs Division
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>Hi,
>
>	I don't suppose that there is any way to allow my file
>names to be longer that 14 characters, is there?  If there is, please
>tell me how.  Also, please, please tell me that I don't have to hack
>the kernel.
>
>	Thanks,
>	Mike Gourlay
>	mike@penguin.gatech.edu
>----------

Sure there is, here's an excerpt from the convertfs man page:

     CONVERTFS(1M)                                       CONVERTFS(1M)

     NAME
          convertfs - convert a file system to allow long file names

     DESCRIPTION
          Convertfs converts an existing HFS file system supporting
          the default maximum file name length of 14 characters into
          one that supports file names up to 255 characters long.
          Once an HFS file system is converted to long file names, it
          cannot be restored to its original state, since the longer
          file names require a directory representation that is
          incompatible with the default HFS directory format.  Since
          this is an irreversible operation, convertfs prompts for
          verification before it performs a conversion.

Check out the rest of the manpage for full story. 


--Mike

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