Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wdl1.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!wunder From: wunder@wdl1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: how universal is tar format? SYSV? Message-ID: <370@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 23:16:15 EST Article-I.D.: wdl1.370 Posted: Wed Apr 10 23:16:15 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Apr-85 03:23:26 EST Sender: notes@wdl1.UUCP Organization: Ford Aerospace, Western Development Laboratories Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:brl-tgr:-935200:wdl1:17100074:000:276 Nf-From: wdl1!wunder Apr 10 19:00:00 1985 When moving files from 4.2 BSD to System V, you should also watch out for file names longer than 14 characters. Those can cause problems if the truncated version is not unique. These two will both end up in "verylongfilena": verylongfilename.c verylongfilename.h wunder