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List:       kfm-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#8463: konqueror : Should make it impossible to write a file name with more than 128 characte
From:       James Hollingshead <hollo () operamail ! com>
Date:       2000-08-16 16:42:06
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On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 10:11:46AM -0700, Linux QA wrote:
> Package: konqueror
> Version: 1,93 (KDE 1,92 2000-08-14)
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> When I tried to experiment with the bug number 8423 for creating
> files and folders with very long names, I noticed that if the
> filename was having more than 128 characters, I would get an
> error message saying << Could not make directory [Directory name]
> >>.  Would it be better if when writing the file name and the
> user gets to 128 characters that it would just not be possible to
> add more letters to the name ?

The 128 characters is filesystem specific though isn't it? If you are
creating a file on a FAT partition you will have an 8+3 character
limit, and in the future (or even now - I don't know) there may be
filesystems that allow longer names, although I don't see the point.
It seems to me that the only consistent thing to do is to attempt to
create the file and then report failure back as happens at the moment.

James

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