This is operating-system-dependent. Check the documentation for your operating system (or the file subsystem you are using, since some OSes support multiple filesystems). Knowing this fact can make Googling more effective as well.
On June 27, 2018 3:33:39 PM PDT, Nick Wray via R-help <r-help@r-project.org> wrote: >Hi For various reasons too dull to go into I have been trying to write >csv files from R with very long filenames. However R doesn't seem to >like my doing this, but it is not clear to me what the maximum filename >size is, and I can't find the info on the net. I believe that the >maximum pathname is 255 characters but is that the same thing? > >Thanks if anyone can enlighten me > >Nick Wray > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > >______________________________________________ >R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >PLEASE do read the posting guide >http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. -- Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
