On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Dennis Blazewicz wrote:
> I have observed from my (admittedly brief) fiddling that elks has a 14
> character filename limit. Is there a reason that 14 chars was picked?
> Big enough to be descriptive, but small enough for memory reasons?
It was picked because ELKS uses the minix V1 filesystem, and the minix
V1 filesystem implements the 14 char limit. The V2 filesystem is a 30
char limit I think.
> cp test 12345678901234567890
> mv 12345678901234 12345.12345
> ls
>
> Will return:
>
> "12345678901234: no such file or directory"
> 12345.12345
> test
Try turning on strace in the kernel and see if you can find the bug.
> Also, has anyone ported "more"?
This was the first thing I was thinking of today when I booted ELKS.
I just had a quick look at more under Linux, and it appears VERY bloated
(1800 lines), so it might need a smaller version to be written.
> Finally, is there a website that I could head to for more info? I'm
> sure there is, but I cannot remember it.
There is a website at elks.doa.org which is down at the moment. There is
also one in the UK run by alistair I think. For other docs, you can
check the Documentation directory in ELKS.
The website is also available from CVS so you can download it locally to
view.
Davey
