Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Article #147Re: more than 8 chara. in filenames?
From: Joseph Chiu
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 01:12
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1992 01:12
21 lines
1292 bytes
1292 bytes
lhong@desire.wright.edu writes: >Hello there, > Is there a utility for msdos which can handle files with more than >8 characters in filenames. Thank you very much for your info. Uhm, unfortunately, no. The 8 character filename is an inherent limit in MS-DOS's file system. Now, if you want to switch over to OS/2, you can do so and get up to 256 character names (although the practical limit would be about 20...) But this will only work with OS/2 files. MS-DOS files under OS/2 would still be limited to the 8+3 form. >Lang >lhong@matrix.cs.wright.edu -- Joseph Chiu, Dept. of Computer Science, Caltech. josephc@coil.caltech.edu 1-57 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91126. +1 818 449 5457 * Now running OS/2, the best software that $89 can buy! (I want TCP/IP/X!) *
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1d4jldINNas9@gap.caltech.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!wupost!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!josephcReferences:
<1992Oct29.125851.5290@desire.wright.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ukma!wupost!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!nntp-server.caltech.edu!josephc From: josephc@cco.caltech.edu (Joseph Chiu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: more than 8 chara. in filenames? Date: 3 Nov 1992 01:12:13 GMT Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena Lines: 21 Message-ID: <1d4jldINNas9@gap.caltech.edu> References: <1992Oct29.125851.5290@desire.wright.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu