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From: grover@sed170.hac.com (Dean Grover (ird))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun
Subject: "ar" filename length restriction
Keywords: Software
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Date: 6 May 89 15:01:51 GMT
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Has anyone else noticed that ar truncates all filenames to 15 characters
??  This is not a major problem for me, but I have 50 or so files, some of
which are 20-30 characters long.  I have truncated them so that they work
nicely with ar, but wouldn't it be nice if then extended the filename
length to 255 ?  I understand that System V has a 15 character filename
restriction, but SunOS allows 255.  How many other BSD utilities are there
out there with support for less than 255 character filenames ?  I believe
tar is another example; something like 100 characters for full path ?

Thanks,
Dean Grover
adgrover@hac2arpa.hac.com or grover@sed170.hac.com
Hughes Aircraft Co.