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

Joerg Spilker wrote: > do you know any reason why the length of format files is limited to ten > characters (not including the .per). We just updated from Version 4.x of > the developement tools to version 7.x and these stupid limitation > doesn't disappear. Is this true also for other platforms or just some > special "feature" of the RM port? Because old file systems did not allow more than 14 characters in file names. 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. I have a program which is a replacement for i4gl/r4gl but is based on makefiles and make. It doesn't have the filename length restrictions. -- Jonathan Leffler (jleffler@informix.com, jleffler@earthlink.net) Guardian of DBD::Informix v0.60 -- see http://www.perl.com/CPAN #include <disclaimer.h>