On Thu, 21 Aug 1997 16:30:28 -0400, Geoff Harper <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
|:BUILD ./abcdefghijklmnopq
|NS3000 IS NOT PRESENT ON THE SYSTEM (FSERR 423)
|Build of file "./abcdefghijklmnopq" failed. (CIERR 279)
|:
|
|Hmmm... Thanks for the info - wrong of course, but I appreciate
|the effort.

HP's "MPE/iX Shell and Utilities Reference Manual Volume 2" (Edition 2,
printed 04/94) in Appendix A on page A-12 under the heading "Hierarchical
Directory Features" says (among other things):

   Names of hierarchical directories and files located directly
   under the root directory, an account, or a group cannot exceed
   16 characters in length.

   Names of hierarchical directories that are not directly under
   either the root directory, [an account,] or a group cannot exceed
   255 characters in length.

I suspect the error number should have been 426 instead of 423:

   HFS NAME COMPONENT IS TOO LONG (FSERR 426)

P.S.  The ability to place entries (other than group directories) in
      account directories was not originally allowed.  As I recall,
      it was added in MPE/iX 5.0.  I believe this is why the manual
      fails to mention accounts in the second statement above and why
      I took the liberty of adding it in.
--
Jeff Woods
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