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From: chan@hpfcmgw.HP.COM (Chan Benson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Filenames in HP-UX (was Re: Switching from Sun to HP)
Message-ID: <17780020@hpfcmgw.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Apr 91 19:38:52 GMT
References: <JIM.91Apr25142039@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk>
Organization: HP Fort Collins, CO
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> Wake up HP! Your customers like long filenames. Your kernel supports
> them. It costs you next to nothing to have support for them switched
> on by default. Your own staff see "no good reasons not to", so why not
> just DO IT???

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think it was stated previously in this
forum that with 8.0, long file names will be the default. I know the
MCF Snake I used at a third party came with long file names turned on
right out of the box.

		-- Chan 

My that was a nice nap. What's for dinner?