Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!apple.com!rpd
From: rpd@apple.com (Rick Daley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: file name length in A/UX
Message-ID: <2166@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 1 Jun 89 19:39:16 GMT
References: <10770002@eecs.nwu.edu>
Sender: usenet@Apple.COM
Organization: Apple Computer
Lines: 13

In article <10770002@eecs.nwu.edu> ko@eecs.nwu.edu (John Ko) writes:
> I was wondering if the file name length of 14 in A/UX 1.0 can be
> changed or has been extended in 1.1.

Nope, but there is a work-around which you might be able to use.  If you 
are working in a network environment, you might have other machines around 
which run NFS and use the BSD fast file system.  The fast file system lets 
you have very long file names.  If so, you could create a directory on 
such a machine and mount it on your A/UX machine via NFS.  The fast file 
system seems to be one of the more commonly requested features for new 
versions of A/UX.
                                           Rick Daley
                                           rpd@apple.COM