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From: jeffd@hp-lsd.HP.COM (Jeff Downs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Long Filenames
Message-ID: <8250007@hp-lsd.HP.COM>
Date: 25 Jan 89 00:21:29 GMT
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Organization: HP Logic Systems Division - ColoSpgs, CO
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Hi,

I'm an R & D project manager for the HP MDS system and I might be
able to clear up the question about long file names.

    Your HP64000 MDS software will work on a long file name system as
    is presently stands.  Just don't use long file names.  What this
    means is that any file name longer than 14 characters will be 
    truncated.  Consequently, you may name a file "abcdefghijklmnopq"
    but it will be truncated to "abcdefghijklmn" which is confusing
    to the user.  The option test software which validates the
    funtionality of the emulation hardware WILL break as it presently
    stands.  The solution is to use the HP-UX command ln() to
    create a file called "pvxxxxfile_asmb" from the file "pvxxxxfile_asm".

We are working on changing some of our products to actually take
advantage of long file names but the changes are not close to 
being ready.


Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.

Jeff Downs
Logic Systems Division
Hewlett-Packard