Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!paperboy!meissner From: meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: POSIX bashing Message-ID: Date: 16 Apr 91 01:54:23 GMT References: <111@imsdx3.UUCP> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 21 In-reply-to: chris@imsdx3.UUCP's message of 12 Apr 91 08:05:10 GMT In article <111@imsdx3.UUCP> chris@imsdx3.UUCP (Chris Ott) writes: | 1) Symbolic links. C'mon guys, how hard can this be to implement? I was working with a UNIX vendor that did this, and it was painful to get all of the commands modified to support symlinks correctly. | 2) Reasonably long filenames. Yes, I know 14 characters is "standard" | System V, but gimme a break. I don't think you need to go all out | and allow 255 characters like BSD, but you've added extenstions | anyway. At least allow 30 or 40 characters. Again, you have to go through the commands. Not all of the original System V (III, 7) commands used appropriate include files. Many 'knew' about 14. You can't even grep for 14, you also have to look for 13 and 15. -- Michael Meissner email: meissner@osf.org phone: 617-621-8861 Open Software Foundation, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142 Considering the flames and intolerance, shouldn't USENET be spelled ABUSENET?