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From: sef@kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SCO doesn't sell UNIX
Message-ID: <1990Dec15.021924.2866@kithrup.COM>
Date: 15 Dec 90 02:19:24 GMT
References: <1990Dec04.003651.13014@jadpc.cts.com> <1990Dec08.140730.9747@digibd.com> <1990Dec14.035940.28832@NCoast.ORG>
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In article <1990Dec14.035940.28832@NCoast.ORG> allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) writes:
>That isn't true, as far as I've been able to learn.  I don't know if it's a
>lie or a misunderstanding on the part of someone at SCO, but it is incorrect.
>
>The POSIX filename truncation vs. error business is *optional* behavior
>intended to allow systems with hard filename length restrictions to still
>support a POSIX source code environment.  It is *not* required, nor even
>desirable (from a POSIX compliance standpoint, that is), as far as I have been
>able to determine.

It *is* required by FIPS, which is a superset of POSIX.  That is the only
reason it's there.

So the misunderstanding is on your part.

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