Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hpfcso!hpfcdc!rodean From: rodean@hpfcdc.HP.COM (Bruce Rodean) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Switching from Sun to HP: some general questions Message-ID: <5570604@hpfcdc.HP.COM> Date: 10 Apr 91 15:50:25 GMT References: Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Ft. Collins, CO. Lines: 20 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). Long file names have been supported on the Series 300 since the 6.2 release which was delivered in mid-1988. Bruce Rodean rodean@hpfclg.fc.hp.com Not an official statement of Hewlett-Packard Co. Opinions expressed are solely mine.