| From: | Tim Seifert |
| Date: | 22 Apr 2001 at 04:32:45 |
| Subject: | Re: [D5] File Lenght |
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By: Helmut Hummel <helmut_hummel@web.de>
To: dopus5@lss.com.au <dopus5@lss.com.au>
On: Sunday, April 22, 2001, 8:34:03 AM
Re: [D5] File Lenght
Hi Helmut,
VM>> why when I try to increase the directory name file length (in
VM>> environment/directories) it always goes back to 107 or 103?
HH> The filename space in the FileInfoBlock (a dos.library structure) has
HH> a length of 108 chars - 107 useable, and one for the final (and
HH> required) NULL byte.
HH>
HH> So no filesystem for the Amiga can allow more than these 107 signs...
I think you'd find most applications have the default Amiga filename
length restriction of 30 characters, too. So regardless of whatever else
can handle longer names, as soon as you use a program that doesn't, you're
in for some bother.
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