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-----Original Message-----
From: Barry Lake [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 3:52 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Building a 'posix' file


At 4:06 PM -0400 5/22/00, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>IIRC, an HFS file in an MPE group has a limit of 16 characters.


You recall correctly. An HFS file or directory created under an MPE group
has a 16 character limit. However, the maximum length of an entire HFS path
is 512 (or is it 511?). So, once you get below the MPE group level, you can
create filenames as long as  512-len(pwd).  (Of course, if you're in "pure"
POSIX land (ie, not under a "classic" MPE /ACCOUNT/GROUP/), then you could
create exceedingly long file names at the top level just under root)


>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Paul H Christidis" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 15:43 PM
>Subject: Building a 'posix' file
>...
>> The 'build' statement that I'm using is of the form:
>>      "build ./!hpjobname_!hpuser_!hpaccount"
>>
>> However, I keep getting the following error:
>>      :build !["./"+"!hpjobname"+"_"+"!hpuser"+"_"+"!hpaccount"]
>>      NS3000 IS NOT PRESENT ON THE SYSTEM (FSERR 423)
>>      build ./XTIDIS_MANAGER_SYS
>>      Build of file "./XTIDIS_MANAGER_SYS" failed. (CIERR 279)
>>
...
>> Any Ideas?  I thought the posix file name size limit on MPE is in the
>250+
>> characters range.