14 character limitation in filenames

[Conor P. Cahill]

In article <290 at sps.com> arm at sps.com (Annette Myjak) writes:
>can anyone explain why there's the 14 character limitation in filenames
>(11 + 3 for extension) in interactive unix?

The limitation is 14 characters.  Not 11 + 3 (in fact if you want an 
extension it is 11+2 because the period counts as one of the precious
14 characters).

This is standard System V Rx where X < 4.0.

With System V R4.0 you get 255 byte file names on UFS file systems.

Interactive has announced that SVR4 will be shipping (as a developers
release) in April.  Dell, UHC and Microport have SVR4 shipping today.

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