Re: VFAT naming stuff

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
3 Aug 1999 21:45:19 GMT


Followup to: <19990802205219.D361@loth.demon.co.uk>
By author: Steve Dodd <dirk@loth.demon.co.uk>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > (but why - there are no UNIX programs with a long filename brain
> > deficit...)
>
> Ooooh. Wanna bet? There's a reason some Usenet hierarchies still restrict
> newsgroup name components to 14 characters. BNews, anyone?
>

That's not BNews, that some ancient Unix versions (SVR3 and earlier)
that today are pretty much considered prehistoric.

-hpa

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