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Re: Folder hierarchy and pathname length

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From: David Beckemeyer
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990 19:06
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Regarding long path names.   I'm pretty sure that there was at one time
a maximum length of 64 chars. for pathnames in the TOS code in a few places.
I don't know if TOS 1.4 has this limit.  I haven't looked recently.

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Subject: Re: Folder hierarchy and pathname length
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