I was going to add that in the past it would break stuff...I haven't tried it recently!!
I guess you can just make a backup / shutdown UV first whilst people aren't accessing the catdir :) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of phil walker Sent: Wednesday, 27 May 2009 5:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [U2] RE: Truncated catdir names Any reason for not resizing catdir as type 19? I have done this and nothing seems to have broken. In fact I would hope that it would not as the file type should be transparent to any application. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-u2- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of Hona, David > Sent: Wednesday, 27 May 2009 6:30 p.m. > To: [email protected] > Subject: [U2] RE: Truncated catdir names > > 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----- ************** 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 [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
