roe@sobmips.UUCP (r.peterson) (02/05/90)
From article <1100@maxim.erbe.se>, by prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson): > In article <1990Jan27.022456.19130@virtech.uucp>, cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) writes: > >> Routine names are not limited to 14 characters under System V. Only >> file names are. > > System V doesn't impose a 14 character limit on file names either. Actually, it does. AT&T SVID compliant system V normally uses the "system V" filesystem - with a 14-character filename limit. Some vendors have seen fit to include the BSD fast filesystem - with 255-character filenames. This is NOT system V - but is a very good idea. -- One makes strong assumptions delving Roe Peterson into the beginning of the universe... {uunet,mcgill-vision}!sobeco!roe - Stephen Hawking, Cambridge
guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) (02/07/90)
>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....
john@frog.UUCP (John Woods) (02/08/90)
In article <2903@auspex.auspex.com>, guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris) writes: > >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. Guy wins. SVID Issue 2 Volume III page 28: "file-name Strings consisting of 1 to {NAME_MAX} characters may be used to name an ordinary file, a special file or a directory. {NAME_MAX} must be at least 14. These characters may be selected from the set of all character values excluding the characters "null" and "slash" (/)." I doubt that SVID 3e has gotten any more restrictive. Guy will have to look for other culinary delights than "SVID 3e in a white wine sauce". -- John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101 ...!decvax!frog!john, john@frog.UUCP, ...!mit-eddie!jfw, jfw@eddie.mit.edu