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- From: mph@plasma.apana.org.au (Martin Peter Howell)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Short filenames under Linux
- Keywords: The number fourteen
- Message-ID: <1992Dec26.020222.349@plasma.apana.org.au>
- Date: 26 Dec 92 02:02:22 GMT
- References: <9235714.11059@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
- Organization: APANA site, Melbourne, Australia
- Lines: 20
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- cdillon@muse.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Craig Dillon) writes:
-
- >Now, I know that there is one standard form of Un*x that has 14 character
- >filenames - but lets face it - who uses it and is happy? So I know I can't
- >complain - I'm not. Linux (apart from the filename length) is great, but I
- >do have the following questions:
-
- >(2) Does anyone know how to get around the problem? I looked into the
- > kernel source, but not being knowledgeable on these things, I can't
- > be sure that it would be an easy change or not. I presume not,
- > otherwise other people would have done it already. Any clues?
-
- Has anyone tried recompiling the minix fs with, say, 40 character filenames,
- is this just a matter of changing a #define? Since I am about to install
- a new linux system on my second machine and dont care about the backward
- compatibility, I would love to do this and still maintain the performance
- benefits of the minix fs over the extfs.
-
- -Martin.
- mph@plasma.apana.org.au
-