File name length

[ruffneck]

i have forgot how long can  filename be in amigaOS... can anybody  refresh my mind:)

[iamaboringperson]

108?

[Skippy]

http://www.gregdonner.org/os35faq/diskfileoperation.html

Skyppi

[Mike_Amiga]

@ Skippy

Who is your avatar? And where you once the landlord at The Kings Arms pub? ;-) :pint::hammer:

PS: I think the limit was 12 characters.

[Skippy]

Larisa Oleynik.

No, I have never been a Landlord of a pub, I only drink in them.

Skippy

[Rollo]

Theoretical max is 108, but as standard it is set to 30. I'm stuck at a lousy 25 with PFS2, anyone knows if this can be changed as with PFS3?

[Piru]

file/dir name limit is 107 chars (set by FileInfoBlock fib_FileName field length which is 108. However the last char is the terminating null char, thus 107).
 
PFS3 can have upto 107 char file/dir names.
You can either use pfsformat FILENAMESIZE=FNSIZE/K/N option at format time, or use setfnsize command to grow the size on the fly. The length can only be grown, not shrinken (unless, of course, you reformat).

[edit: typofix(tm)]

[weirdami]

Larisa Oleynik.

AKA - Alex Mack of 'The Secret World of Alex Mack'.

[Mike_Amiga]

OT:Things clicked when I found a site that mentioned she was on Third Rock From The Sun. She played Tommy's girlfriend, I think? Been in quite a few movies I've never seen. Genuinely worndered who the hell she was.

[Mike_Amiga]

@ Skippy

Actually the landlords name was generally shortend to Skip, and guess what it was cos he came from OZ. I think he's gone back there now, he is an Ex-landlord (retired).

[Quixote]

ruffneck realized:

i have forgot how long can  filename be in amigaOS... can anybody  refresh my mind:)

;-) It depends on which version of Workbench you're using.  WB3.1 and under use only 30 or 32 characters, but WB 3.5 and 3.9 permit a little over 100 characters.

To determine the exact number, try creating a drawer with the file name 12345678901234567890123... (and so on.) The OS will chop the excess character off the end.