Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles; site ea.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!mgnetp!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ea!mwm From: mwm@ea.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: this should inflame the unix philes - (nf) Message-ID: <7100017@ea.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 21:58:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ea.7100017 Posted: Tue Aug 14 21:58:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Aug-84 01:45:20 EDT References: <12276@sri-arpa.UUCP> Lines: 25 Nf-ID: #R:sri-arpa:-1227600:ea:7100017:000:923 Nf-From: ea!mwm Aug 14 20:58:00 1984 #R:sri-arpa:-1227600:ea:7100017:000:923 ea!mwm Aug 14 20:58:00 1984 Just want to correct some comments about Unix: /***** ea:net.micro / sri-arpa!ARPA / 5:55 am Aug 11, 1984 */ > The file name is limited to 14 letters, numbers, `-', `.', no extension, no > version number (except as part of the name). No, the only characters you can't get into a file name on Unix are NULL (asii 0) and '/'. Anything (control chars, chars with the bucky bit on, and *spaces*) else is legal. On the most current research distribution available to the public (4.2BSD), file names are 255 (256) characters long. > Infinite online help, if you happen to guess the right keyword. No other search > mechanism. MUST always have manuals within reach. Once again, 4.2BSD fixes this. Man -k does a keyword search over the table of contents (sort of). /* ---------- */ I don't think Unix is perfect either - I think it is showing it's age badly. It's also the best OS I've run into that I could buy.