Just a note: I don't know if this is related or not, but recently I had a situation where I was attempting to back up OS/X borne files to an OS/9 server. They had lengthy filenames. Every time I tried doing a 'drag-copy' I received an error -35 message.
After breaking the sub-folders down & finding the culprits it was indeed that the filenames were too long. Upon shortening them I was able to copy them without incident. Unfortunately I didn't count the number of characters involved. I can only assume that OS/9 has a shorter filename limit than OS/X. Oh and BTW - it is a coincidence that in your conversation: 27 is 31 minus the dot-3 extension? On Thursday, October 10, 2002, at 06:05 AM, Peter N Lewis wrote: > > >> ---------- >> From: Peter N Lewis[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 6:05:35 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Why is 27 special? >> Auto forwarded by a Rule > At 3:09 -0500 10/10/02, _brian_d_foy wrote: > >> this means that the 20 fixed bytes between the volume name and the >> date, >> which are \000 in every case i looked at, is really 27 - (length of >> volume >> name). i can name partitions with names up to 27 characters, but if i >> go past >> that it look like it initially works but then gives a warning. what's >> the deal? >> what is magic about 27? why not 31? i assume that these are C >> strings somewhere >> so the null bytes makes them a nice, even number. > > Mac volume names are limited to 27 characters. See > > http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/mac/Files/Files-102.html > > for a description for the Master Directory Blocks (aka volume > information block). If I had to guess, I'd say that the volume name > was intended to be 31 characters, and then at the last minute the > volume backup date field was added in at the end of the name which > reduced the length of the volume name from 31 to 27 characters. > > Enjoy, > Peter. > > -- I was away for two months and have just returned, and now have > 4600 messages to wade through, so sorry for any delays. > <http://www.interarchy.com/> <http://download.interarchy.com/>
