Long file names support on A/UX 1.1?
a.e.mossberg
aem at ibiza.cs.miami.edu
Sat Jul 22 05:35:20 AEST 1989
dlw at hpsmtc1.HP.COM (David L. Williams) writes:
>I noticed that the filenames for gcc and emacs were >14 characters on
>apple.com, and just as large when untarring the files on my system.
>Is there a way to turn long filenames on for A/UX 1.1 or is this just
>because Apple is storing there stuff up on a BSD machine (a vax I assume).
>I'd much prefer long file names as I'm used to this nice feature on HP-UX.
Apple.Com is a Vax. There is no option for longer names under A/UX, this
is System V-ish, remember. Maybe someone from Apple could explain why
they would build A/UX on the crap that is System V instead of on BSD?
aem
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