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- From: langley@med.unc.edu (Ken Langley)
- Subject: Re: WANT GCC? FORGET FAQ.GCC AND README?? READ THIS FIRST!!!!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep4.121610.28207@samba.oit.unc.edu>
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- Organization: UNC-CH School of Medicine
- References: <186a86INNcsb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 12:16:10 GMT
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- In article <186a86INNcsb@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis) writes:
- > [stuff deleted]
- >The reason that we have to do all this crap is because LINUX has a
- >limitation on length of filenames. UNIX doesn't have them.
- >DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THIS CAN BE CHANGED??????
- >
- SunOS and most BSD-derived versions do not have this limitation, however
- I do believe that AT&T SVR4 compliant versions have a filename limit
- length of 14 characters. So yes, the actual OS named UNIX(tm) do
- have a limitation on length of filenames. Sorry if I am being pedantic
- but USL is being very particular about certain things these days.
-
- Ken
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