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From: cwblumre@mtu.edu (Charles W. Blumreich)
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Subject: Talk: Limited filename length
Date: 14 Oct 1994 00:44:37 -0500
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K'ung Fu Tzu (dchin@ic.sunysb.edu) wrote:


>why is it when i d/l "figlet-unix.tar.Z",
>i end up getting a file in my directory called "figlet-unix.ta" ???
  I suspect you're unix is limiting your file length.  I know that at least
some xenix systems do this, probably other "older" unix OS as well.
  I would say the best thing to do is rename it figlet.tar.Z, which is 
under your 14 character limit....

>i hope someone can help me with this.
  Hope this does help.


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