Talk: Limited filename length
From Charles W. Blumreich <cwb...@mtu.edu>
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· 14 Oct 1994 05:44 · View full thread
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K'ung Fu Tzu (dch...@ic.sunysb.edu) wrote: >why is it when i d/l "figlet-unix.tar.Z", >i end up getting a file in my directory called "figlet-unix.ta" ??? I suspect you're unix is limiting your file length. I know that at least some xenix systems do this, probably other "older" unix OS as well. I would say the best thing to do is rename it figlet.tar.Z, which is under your 14 character limit.... >i hope someone can help me with this. Hope this does help. -- Charles W Blumreich III cwb...@mtu.edu cwb...@csl.mtu.edu cwb...@fsh.mtu.edu Use Linux! Free Unix for your 386/486/ Pentium !!!
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