On Sat, 28 Nov 1998 11:34:08 -0500 Lane Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
> Perry Thiessen said:
> > 256 characters
> >
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> > From: Akintayo Holder
> > Sent: November 27, 1998 1:34 AM
> > To: linux-newbie
> > Subject: Linux and maximum file lengths
> >
> > does anyone know the max length of a filename in linux ?.
>
> Am I correct that there can be only 8 consecutive characters without
> a
> period (.)?
>
No. It depends on the filesystem.. Msdos is 8.3, ext2 could care less -
a period is just a legal character in a file/directory name, like a or
_.
Minix is 11.3 or something, but there are several flavors of minix.
Lawson
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> Lane
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