Radislaw Skorupka's "alphanumeric" characters limitation for resource names is correct as IBM uses the barbarous word 'alphameric'. It includes majuscules, numerics, and the four extender characters, @, #, $, and _. (The first three of these are sometimes also called 'national cvharacters', so that in some contexts '$' may instead be 'EURO' | '¥' | ' £' | . . .
Formally, <resource name> ::= <resource name><alphameric character> | <alphameric character> <alphameric character> ::= <majuscule> | <<decimal; digit> | <extender> <majuscule> :: A | B | C |. . . | X | Y | Z <decimal digit> ::= 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 <extender> ::= @ | # | $ | _ The last three of these definitions are the terminals. The longest resource name value I have myself encountered is 128 characters in length, but I am not certain that longer ones do not exist. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
