Re: Long Filenames with Applescript
Re: Long Filenames with Applescript
- Subject: Re: Long Filenames with Applescript
- From: "Arthur J Knapp" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:52:19 -0500
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Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 11:13:49 +0000
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From: Nigel Smith <email@hidden>
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Subject: Re: Long Filenames with Applescript
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At 11:26 am -0500 9/3/2001, Arthur J Knapp wrote:
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> Right. One other point: Mac OSX supports 255 character file names.
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Not having OS X to try this on, but does it support 255 character file
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names, or 255 character *paths*? If the former, is there a maximum path
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length?
You can definately type 255 characters into a desktop item's name.
I don't know if there is a path limit, (I can't currently test this).
One of the first things that I did when I installed the beta was to
type around 200 option-5, (infinity), characters into a filename. It
was kind of cool. :)
Arthur J. Knapp
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