Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery From: allbery@NCoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: 14 character file names Message-ID: <1991Feb12.015840.14816@NCoast.ORG> Date: 12 Feb 91 01:58:40 GMT References: <1991Feb2.190351.7560@cbnewsh.att.com> <14934@uudell.dell.com> Reply-To: allbery@ncoast.ORG (Brandon S. Allbery KB8JRR) Followup-To: comp.unix.sysv386 Distribution: usa Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast) Lines: 23 As quoted from <14934@uudell.dell.com> by jrh@mustang.dell.com (James Howard): +--------------- | In article , andyc@bucky.intel.com | (Andy Crump) writes: | > 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. | | I made exactly the change you describe above to compress in our V.4 | product, and it will be on the next update. If you have examples of | other commands with this problem, I would appreciate a email reply | with a list of them. +--------------- Sensible. Isn't that what POSIX pathconf() is for? ++Brandon -- Me: Brandon S. Allbery VHF/UHF: KB8JRR on 220, 2m, 440 Internet: allbery@NCoast.ORG Packet: KB8JRR @ WA8BXN America OnLine: KB8JRR AMPR: KB8JRR.AmPR.ORG [44.70.4.88] uunet!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ncoast!allbery Delphi: ALLBERY