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From: mark@digi-g.UUCP (Mark Mendel)
Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs,net.lang.c
Subject: wanted: C long name fudger
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Date: Tue, 28-May-85 23:47:27 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 28 23:47:27 1985
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Summary: 

This is NOT part of the misplaced long name debate. This is an honest request!

Does anybody have a program the crunches down long names automatically?  I've
read articles where the use of such
a program was recommended, but does it
exist?  I'ld like a copy!

A good method would be: 

all names longer than n (a command line paramter) are transformed as follows:

    xy...z -> xNNNNy...z,

    where NNNN is the base 36 representation of a the hash function of the full
    original name, say a 16-bit crc.