You can get around this with file equations, if the FOPENs etc. in the
programs allow it (options/aoptions).

-d

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Bixby [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 10:56 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: POSIX maximum file length
>
>
> "Jansen, Eric" wrote:
> > We are on 5.5pp7 (yes, I know it will be obsolete soon).
> >
> > Does anybody know a solution for the maximum filenamelength
> of 32 character
> > in POSIX?
> > Or, is this resolved on 6.0?
>
> The limit for HFS filenames contained within MPE groups
> (/ACCOUNT/GROUP/hfsfilename) or MPE accounts
> (/ACCOUNT/hfsfilename) is 16
> characters, not 32.
>
> But for HFS files stored in HFS directories, the filenames
> can be up to 255
> characters.  So you can do things like
> /ACCOUNT/GROUP/hfsdirectory/superduperreallylonghfsfilename
> below MPE groups as
> long as you use an HFS directory to store the long-named files.
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