System V, long file names, RCS and SCCS

[Jeffrey Kegler]

Much of the software I want to control comes from other sites, many of
them not restricted to 14 character file names.  I run System V and am
so restricted.

Assume:
1) I am stuck with 14 character file names
2) I do not want to change file names in the source I am managing
3) I am not in a position to insist that people supplying my software
restrict themselves to fixed length file names, just that the names
are unique in the first 12 characters, that is, no nametoolong.c and
nametoolong.h in the same directory

Under these conditions, RCS is a lose, I am finding.  If the name is
too long the commands print an error message and die.

SCCS does work, within some difficulty.  Mapping the SCCS-file to the
working file name requires some extra work if it is overlong, but
otherwise things go smoothly.

Is there anything I am missing, besides BSD?
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Jeffrey Kegler, Independent UNIX Consultant, Algorists, Inc.
jeffrey at algor2.ALGORISTS.COM or uunet!algor2!jeffrey
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