John Gatewood Ham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I have version 1.15.1 and normally it works, but I have learned
> much to my horror while backing up my system that while
> you claim to handle unlimited length file names but you can only
> store 128 byte file names on a border.  

124 byte, to be precise.

> Rather than handle it gracefully you crash with an error. 

This has been fixed in the repository.

> "Format  UID            File Size      Path Name      Devn      Multiple
>                                                                    Volumes
>     gnu     1.8e19         Unlimited      Unlimited      63        Yes **

Thank you.

Regards,
Sergey




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