Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!njin!princeton!udel!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!samsung!olivea!orc!inews!iwarp.intel.com!omepd!littlei!gandalf!andyc From: andyc@bucky.intel.com (Andy Crump) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: 14 character file names Message-ID: Date: 4 Feb 91 13:42:15 GMT References: <1991Feb2.190351.7560@cbnewsh.att.com> Sender: news@littlei.UUCP Distribution: usa Organization: Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon Lines: 26 In-reply-to: rvk@cbnewsh.att.com's message of 2 Feb 91 19:03:51 GMT >>>>> On 2 Feb 91 19:03:51 GMT, rvk@cbnewsh.att.com (robert.v.kline) said: robert.v.kline> I've heard that SysVr4 will allow longer file names longer than 14 robert.v.kline> characters. The current version of SunOS allows 256 character names. In SVR4 you have the option to configure a given filesystem as either UFS or S5. In the S5 filesystem, filenames are only 14 characters, in the UFS filesystem, they are the same as in the Berkeley fast file system. There are utilities in SVR4 (e.g. compress) that create filenames and refuse to create any that would be greater than 14 characters. These utilities, IMHO, should check the filesystem type before making these decisions. -- -- Andy Crump ...!tektronix!reed!littlei!andyc | andyc@littlei.intel.com ...!uunet!littlei!andyc | andyc@littlei.uu.net Disclaimer: Any opinions expressed here are my own and not representive of Intel Corportation.