At 10:08 -0400 4/9/01, Chris Nandor wrote:
>Well, there are filename length problems; does Mac OS X with HFS+ have the
>31-char limit?
HFS+ itself has never had the 31 character limit. Some of the supporting
cast has had it.
But:
[localhost:~] john% echo "I am working!" >
/tmp/ALongName0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
[localhost:~] john% cat
/tmp/ALongName0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
I am working!
[localhost:~] john% ls -l /tmp
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 11 Apr 10 17:01 /tmp -> private/tmp
[localhost:~] john% ls -l /private/tmp
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 john wheel 14 Apr 10 19:56
ALongName0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
[localhost:~] john%
(All my volumes are HFS+)
As an afterthought, I then added:
[localhost:~] john% echo "Or am I?" >
/tmp/ALongName012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789X
[localhost:~] john% cat
/tmp/ALongName012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789X
Or am I?
[localhost:~] john% cat
/tmp/ALongName0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890
I am working!
[localhost:~] john%
(Both files appear in the listing.)
--John
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John Baxter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Port Ludlow, WA, USA
