RE: [boost] Re: 31 character limit for filenames

From: Paul A Bristow (pbristow_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-08-20 04:13:52

| -----Original Message-----
| From: boost-bounces_at_[hidden] 
| [mailto:boost-bounces_at_[hidden]] On Behalf Of David Abrahams
| Sent: 19 August 2004 22:18
| To: boost_at_[hidden]
| Subject: [boost] Re: 31 character limit for filenames
| 
| "Paul A Bristow" <pbristow_at_[hidden]> writes:
| 
| > I feel we are creating unnecessary problems for a few users by using
| > 'unlimited' filename lengths.
| 
| Agreed, but it should be a non-issue because the policy against
| exceeding 31 characters hasn't been lifted.
| 
| -- 
| Dave Abrahams
| Boost Consulting
| http://www.boost-consulting.com

Agreed - but I believe there are some files which contravene this from when
I last tried to copy files, including Boost, onto a CD. (Doc files?)  Do we
check anywhere?

Paul
Paul A Bristow
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