extended file names

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <511373 at nstar.UUCP> larry at nstar.UUCP (Larry Snyder) writes:
>> No, they increased it to 255 characters, actually.  (For those not aware
>> of it, S5R4 includes both the V7 file system traditionally used by S5,
>> with the 14-character maximum on file names, and the 4.3BSD file system,
>> with a 255-character maximum on file names.  Both plug into the Virtual
>
>I assume that one can mix and match (have both enabled at one time).

You can mix and match file systems on the same system.  That is the
whole purpose of the "virtual File System" code (i.e. support for multiple
file system types).  

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