Albert Cahalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/9/07, Andrey Borzenkov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 3. this still does not answer how can I *create* long name from within Linux. > > WTF? These names are too annoying to use, even if there > weren't this limit. Anything over about 29 characters is in > need of a rename. (that'd be 58 bytes for you, which is OK) > The limit is already 4 times larger than what is reasonable. Just because you limit yourself to 80 chars minus "ls -l"-clutter, this is no reason why I shouldn't use long filenames. If I need to handle these filenames, I can enlarge the terminal window or read the next line. E.g.: I have a music file named "artist - title.ext", where the artist name is 103 characters long, using abbreviations. In order to enter that name, I have to press seven keys, including the escape character. There is nothing unreasonable in using that name. If I could not use these filenames, I'd have to use e.g. numbers instead of filenames and a database containing the mapping from name to number, duplicating the function of a directory. That's bullsh... . You should rather bump NAME_MAX and, if you are concerned about legacy applications, make it optional. Having some names to be illegal becaue of their length on a filesystem not allowing command.com metacharacters is not a problem. -- Funny quotes: 3. On the other hand, you have different fingers. Friß, Spammer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
