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- From: keith@novell.com (Keith Brown)
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- Subject: Re: NFS NLM max path len
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.035104.19987@novell.com>
- Date: 4 Jan 93 03:51:04 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.230648.4349@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Dec30.230648.4349@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> cazier@gothamcity.uucp (David J. Cazier [I-NET]) writes:
- >Is there a path length restriction to a mounted DOS volume under NFS NLM
- >where a UNIX application may be making a "cd" or tries to reach a file
- >nested fairly deeply?
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- No. And it's not a mounted DOS volume either. It's a mounted NetWare volume.
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- You will find though that some UNIX utilities have limits on the lengths
- of complete file paths, the most inconvenient of which is many tar(1)'s.
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- Keith
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