Re: Limitation of format filename length to ten characters in i4l developement tools for Siemens RM servers

Jonathan Leffler wrote: Hello, > Because old file systems did not allow more than 14 characters in file > names. yes, i can remember. Our first contact with Unix operating systems was Xenix on a PC and Xenix had this limit. But this is long time ago and should really removed. > It's true of all platforms; it needs to be revised now. The > only place where the limitation bites is in the i4gl or r4gl developers > environments -- it is one more reason to convert to makefiles instead > of using them. we're already using makefiles (calling c4gl or form4gl). But even form4gl doesn't accept format with names longer the 14 chars on his commandline. Greetings, Joerg