Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:04:24 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Joseph Gleason" <clash@fireduck.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Filesystem character limitations? Message-ID: <15050.7864.350754.848942@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <56604114@toto.iv>
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Joseph Gleason <clash@fireduck.com> types: > Does the UFS filesystem used by freebsd allow any character value in file > names? > Suppose I create a C program that calls mkdir(2) to create a directory, what > are the limitations on the directory name? > > Can it contain characters > 127? Yes. > Can it contain 255? Yes. > Can it contain null(0)? No. > Currently I am not worried about if any utilities can deal with or display > these file names..I am just wondering if it is possible and what the > limitations are. The other character you can't put in a file name is 47. The rules are the same for directories and files. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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