From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ad50e6a11b0a7c8a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-07 13:48:53 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-08!supernews.com!newsfeed.news2me.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!spamkiller2.gnilink.net!nwrdny01.gnilink.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank J. Lhota" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Releasing long file anmes in .zip/.tar.gz? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Message-ID: <7t8aa.39$Qi1.36@nwrdny01.gnilink.net> Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 21:48:51 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 141.157.181.205 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verizon.net X-Trace: nwrdny01.gnilink.net 1047073731 141.157.181.205 (Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:48:51 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 16:48:51 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:35055 Date: 2003-03-07T21:48:51+00:00 List-Id: All PKZip products done in recent years handle long file names. Given how long that DOS has effectively been dead, one can safely assume that any current tool will handle long file names. The 8+3 filename convention has joined the same scrap heap of history as Unix file systems with 16 bit inodes.