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Operating System Specific Discussions => Amiga OS => Amiga OS -- Development => Topic started by: ruffneck on February 08, 2003, 10:03:24 PM

Title: File name length
Post by: ruffneck on February 08, 2003, 10:03:24 PM

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

Title: Re: File name lenght
Post by: iamaboringperson on February 08, 2003, 10:07:15 PM

108?

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: Skippy on February 08, 2003, 11:23:26 PM

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

Skyppi

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: Mike_Amiga on February 09, 2003, 12:19:35 AM

@ 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.

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: Skippy on February 09, 2003, 12:34:43 AM

Larisa Oleynik.

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

Skippy

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: Rollo on February 09, 2003, 12:54:24 AM

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?

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: Piru on February 09, 2003, 01:33:03 AM

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)]

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: weirdami on February 09, 2003, 04:06:20 AM

Quote

Larisa Oleynik.

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

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: Mike_Amiga on February 09, 2003, 04:43:09 AM

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.

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: Mike_Amiga on February 09, 2003, 04:46:24 AM

@ 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).

Title: Re: File name length
Post by: Quixote on February 09, 2003, 09:07:32 AM

ruffneck realized:

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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.