Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!RICHTER.MIT.EDU!krowitz From: krowitz@RICHTER.MIT.EDU (David Krowitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo Subject: Re: Unix eof detection and long filenames under tar. Message-ID: <8905251359.AA07066@richter.mit.edu> Date: 25 May 89 13:59:12 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 15 Actually, the maximum file name length under SR10 is 255 characters (the 256th character is a null terminator), and the maximum length of the entire pathname (ie. including all of the subdirectory names and the '/' characters) is 1023 characters (again, the 1024th character is a null terminator). -- David Krowitz krowitz@richter.mit.edu (18.83.0.109) krowitz%richter@eddie.mit.edu krowitz%richter@athena.mit.edu krowitz%richter.mit.edu@mitvma.bitnet (in order of decreasing preference)