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

In article <71fbrj$836$2@news01.btx.dtag.de>, Joerg Spilker <spilker@t- online.de> writes >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. > So how do Informix support Xenix and keep the code portable?? >> 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 -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care