Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: VFAT naming stuff | Date | 3 Aug 1999 21:45:19 GMT |
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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.
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