Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!orca!tekecs!doghouse!snoopy From: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: 14 char filename limit Message-ID: <8985@tekecs.TEK.COM> Date: Thu, 13-Aug-87 14:22:20 EDT Article-I.D.: tekecs.8985 Posted: Thu Aug 13 14:22:20 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Aug-87 11:57:34 EDT References: <2541@tekgvs.TEK.COM> <1237@hropus.UUCP> <25420@sun.uucp> <6279@brl-smoke.ARPA> Sender: nobody@tekecs.TEK.COM Reply-To: snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com (Snoopy) Distribution: na Organization: The Daisy Hill Puppy Farm Lines: 17 In article <6279@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) ) writes: >All "ar" utilities I know of, including 4.2BSD's, restrict member names >to something like 14 or 16 characters. Thus the problem is not restricted >to COFF filename entries. UTek's ar(1) allows long filenames. (unless the -n (normal format) flag is given) The magic 'number' for archives containing long filenames changes from "arch" to "ARCH". The rcs message says David Elliot checked it in, so it's probably his doing. Snoopy tektronix!doghouse.gwd!snoopy snoopy@doghouse.gwd.tek.com "And it's a middle-endian machine with trinary logic." "They would do that."