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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: converting filenames to System V length
Message-ID: <2903@auspex.auspex.com>
Date: 6 Feb 90 21:53:01 GMT
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Organization: Auspex Systems, Santa Clara
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>Actually, it does.  AT&T SVID compliant system V normally uses the
>"system V" filesystem - with a 14-character filename limit.

If you can find anything in the SVID that calls for a 14-character
filename limit, I'll eat all four volumes of the SVID, Third Edition.
SVID compliance has nothing to do with it; the BSD file system is quite
SVID-compliant, thank you.  (Besides, it's not 100% clear that System V
from AT&T is SVID-compliant; I think I've run into cases where it
violates the SVID....)

>Some vendors have seen fit to include the BSD fast filesystem - with
>255-character filenames.  This is NOT system V

If it's not System V, neither is System V Release 4, since it comes with
the BSD file system, 255-character file names and all....