Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!ucbvax!genesis.Berkeley.EDU!luism From: luism@genesis.Berkeley.EDU (Luis Miguel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Switching from Sun to HP: some general questions Message-ID: <41657@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 9 Apr 91 19:30:54 GMT References: <41652@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: nobody@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: luis@postgres.berkeley.edu Organization: UC Berkeley Lines: 23 In article <41652@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>, luism@genesis.Berkeley.EDU (Luis Miguel) writes: |> In article , tml@tik.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist) writes: |> |> |> |> Does HPUX support long filenames, symlinks, job control, sockets, NFS? |> |> Is it POSIX compliant? |> |> |> |> Yes, yes. Sure. |> |> |> Baloney!!!. I run HPUX 7.0, and it DOES NOT support long filenames |> (A pain when untarring things with long filenames. In more than one |> occasion the clipping of the name meant that some files were written |> on top of others). |> SORRY, this is wrong. HPUX does support long filenames as an option. Next time I will not be so quick to speak........ -- Luis Miguel. Computer Science Division, UC Berkeley. arpanet: luis@postgres.Berkeley.EDU uucp: {ihnp4,decvax}!ucbvax!postgres!luis at&t: (415) 642-8234