Long File Names

[Yves COPPE]

Le vendredi, 25 juil 2003, à 22:11 Europe/Brussels, Sannyasin  
Sivakatirswami a écrit :

> We have a somewhat "giant" archive process in the works where hundreds  
> and hundreds of audio tapes are being digitized by a firm in Seattle  
> and will eventually be archived here on DVD and then distributed via  
> the net for transcription and later public web access. I am using  
> Revolution for the transcription process and most probably will build  
> a cataloging application tailor made for our needs. The issue of long  
> file names arises. Here are parts of the conundrum:
>
> a) we see recommendations among the WC3 standards docs to stay with a  
> maximum 31 char file name.
>
> b) Windows allows long file names.
>
> c) On Mac OSX, one can, for example, save an email with a long subject  
> line (say 75 characters long) and the OS file system will save it to  
> disk with a file name that is 75 characters long.
>
> e.g.
>
> Receive a Bonus Upgrade or XT From Markzware.txt
>
> d) But! if I read this into Revolution , using "answer file" I get  
> this:
>
> /Users/katir/   Working/  Editorial/  Letters to the editor/
> Receive a Bonus Upgr#10AA21.txt
>
> where the Rev engine or the Mac OSX (can't determine which) has  
> truncated the file name to 31 chars, hashing the overlength portion  
> using a mysterious algorithm.
>
> e) Mac OSX itself, in a number of applications, disallows entry of  
> more than 31 chars.
>
> f) but the Mac OSX Finder allows me to enter a file name of 255  
> characters:
>
> 123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789- 
> 123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789- 
> 123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789- 
> 123456789-123456789-123456789-123456789-1.txt
>
> So, this leaves me scratching my head. If i could get Rev to preserve  
> long filenames from "answer file" I might stay with long file names  
> despite the "prohibition" that we see because as far as I can  see,  
> anything to 255 chars is now legal... but some dialog boxes  only  
> allow 31 and we are getting back long file names hashed down to 31  
> char...
>
> Any insights appreciated... what is the unix limit? Linux?
>
>

I had the same problem on mac OS X with Rev 1.x
since I run on Rev 2.0.x, this problem is siolved...
I can use filename with any number of chars, as file or in the path (as  
foldername)

So perhaps is this a problem of Rev version ?

Greetings.
Yves COPPE

yvescoppe at skynet.be