ART100@psuvm.psu.edu (Andy Tefft) (01/09/91)
The prodos 8 MLI calls apparently limit you to pathnames that are 128 bytes long - 64 for the prefix (at least when you query the prefix it will only let you query 64 characters, so I assume even if you add one directory at a time to the prefix 64 chars is max) and 64 for the filename (which can of course include subdirectories). Now, if a program were to ignore the prefix for simplicity and use full pathnames at all times, there would be a limit of 64 characters on the full pathnames. I'm wondering if this is a reasonable limit, or if it's worth the trouble to mess with prefixes (the problem here is there may be two volumes involved) to allow longer filenames. I don't have a hard drive, so I was wondering how many directory levels people typically keep on their drives, how long they let pathnames get, and how often a full pathname would come in at over 64 characters. Please reply by e-mail.