Hello Bob!

13 Jul 03 14:56, you wrote to Michele Marie Dalene:

 MMD>>  Also how does the Maximus via CVS deal with Linux and its long
 MMD>> file name support?

 BJ> I believe we are still running max with the limitations put in the
 BJ> original code.  So, if you try something that does not conform to the
 BJ> old 8.3 file names, don't be supprised if it doesn't work.  Remember,
 BJ> max has run for years in an OS/2 environment, and ran fine in HPFS
 BJ> disk partitions.  To get a feal for where 8.3 is required, look at
 BJ> what is allowed under OS/2.  While I normally keep things to 8.3 for
 BJ> max under OS/2, the only area that I think is specifically limited is
 BJ> (a) total path (file name with path) character limit (which I'm not up
 BJ> on what the Max limit is), and (b) files maintained in the file area
 BJ> of the BBS.  I *do* know that the file area subsystem of max is set up
 BJ> to only deal with 8.3 file names.  If you stick a file with a name
 BJ> longer than 11 or 12 characters in a file area, you will not be able
 BJ> to properly access the file.  File names for display get truncated,
 BJ> and you cann't enter a matching file name.

I use 14 chars for file names and despite the OS/2 260 chars path limitation 
(I think) Max works for me but my max paths is under 100 chars.


Vince

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