Many thanks for all the responses, very much appreciated, and happy to
have tangentially roused the rabble.
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Peter Ivanick
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School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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MICHAEL MR
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 3:50 PM
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Subject: Unclassified RE: [U2] Quick question on Longnames
So why isn't it the default on installation?
Yes, I know it isn&
You know, some days the brain just doesn't work very well. Since I
probably caused confusion to some of the newer folks with my previous
blathering, let me point out that I answered the question of longnames
by talking about the Type1 vs Type19 issue. Smooth, real smooth.
Longnames handles the
D] On Behalf Of Ray Wurlod
Sent: Friday, 12 November 2004 09:22
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Subject: Re: [U2] Quick question on Longnames
LONGNAMES ON is always to be recommended these days. There are so few
UNIX variants now that require a file name to be limited to 14
characters.
There are no negati
f Of Glenn Herbert
Sent: 11 November 2004 19:26
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Subject: Re: [U2] Quick question on Longnames
Just as a note, when universe went to IBM, and Ascential kept its own (now
evolved) version, the first thing we did was change all the product files
from Type1 to Type19 files; you wo
LONGNAMES ON is always to be recommended these days. There are so few UNIX
variants now that require a file name to be limited to 14 characters.
There are no negative implications (unless you'll miss the "file created with a
truncated operating system name" messages!). LONGNAMES ON means that f
Just as a note, when universe went to IBM, and Ascential kept its own (now
evolved) version, the first thing we did was change all the product files
from Type1 to Type19 files; you won't find a Type1 installed on a DS Server
unless it was manually created or existed prior to rev6 of the product.
First, I think you would be hard pressed to find a modern system that
does not support longnames. It is my understanding that the 14 character
limit in Unix when out somewhere around System III (Any Unix historians
in the house?). If anyone is aware of a current platform that still has
this res
