Hi David This probably goes back to the limitations of the original port of UNIX that had the directory name limited and the maximum number of characters in a pathname.
It's unfortunate that IBM hasn't address this - but it has been around for a long, long time. But, I guess there has been little demand, as most U2 applications are "legacy" ones with short filenames and accounts names. You definitely should **NOT** resize your catdir to type 19 (or any other filetype)! :) Regards, David -----Original Message----- From: owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:owner-u2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Norman, David (Health) Sent: Wednesday, 27 May 2009 4:02 PM To: 'u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org' Subject: [U2] Truncated catdir names I made an unpleasant discovery when I recataloged (normally) one of my accounts (UV10.0, HP-UX). Some of the catalog names became too long (e.g. *SJ.RR.MAST.DEVELOP*GET.COUNTRY.RESPONSE.SE) and were truncated by the catalog process (*SJ.RR.MAST.DEVELOP*GET.COUNTRY.RESPONSE.). Unfortunately I had several programs with similar names (GET.COUNTRY.RESPONSE.ALL, .METRO, .NW, .RV, & .SE). All of these resulted in the same truncated name so only 1 catdir entry was created, which was for the last one of the 5 cataloged. The catdir path is ...catdir/*SJ.RR.MAST.DE/VELOP*GET.COUN with a single file of *GET.COUN . Trying to run the programs results in a warning "File name *SJ.RR.MAST.DEVELOP*GET.COUTRY.RESPONSE.SE" too long. Truncated to "*SJ.RR.MAST.DEVELOP*GET.COUNTRY.RESPONSE." Is this a known limitation ? Why does the directory nesting stop at the 2nd level ? The VOC entries show the full names. catdir is type 1 out of the box. ======================== David Norman Senior Software Engineer - SA Ambulance Service ************** IMPORTANT MESSAGE ***************************** This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) or its subsidiaries. We can be contacted through our web site: commbank.com.au. If you no longer wish to receive commercial electronic messages from us, please reply to this e-mail by typing Unsubscribe in the subject line. ************************************************************** ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
