Seems to me that the name limitation, as I recall from UNIX has to do
with how much space you have for program name, extension, file
description, date, and ownership/directory info. When the math is done
on what you need, what you have left is 8 & 3, if you want an
extension...
Could be wrong, though...
-Mike
Uncle Roger wrote:
>
> At 07:26 AM 1/31/98 +0300, you wrote:
> >Actually, I was wondering what the heck Microsloth was thinking when they
> >made it 8 characters. And, the fact that in the next 5 FULL RELEASES
>
> If I'm not mistaken, the 8.3 convention comes from (at least) CP/M.
> Possibly from some other OpSys before that as well. When you've got 16K of
> memory, you probably don't want to waste 30 bytes when 8 will do just as well.
>
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Received on Mon Feb 02 1998 - 21:56:46 GMT