Hi all -

I am having some confusion about the maximum allowable length of file 
names. It used to be (in OS9) that filenames were limited to 31 
characters max, but with OSX (10.3.9 at least) this does not seem to 
be a limit anymore. In the OSX finder and some applications (such as 
BBedit 7.1.2), I can use longer names and the file is treated 
civilly. Inside some apps (such as Appleworks 6.2.9), the long name 
is truncated to 31 characters with the last 7 characters being in the 
form '#HHHHHH'. After modification, this file can be saved back to 
the disk with the original file name appearing - if the file name is 
not edited in the application.  FB^4 seems to follow the short 
filename rules - it seems as though OSX is shielding some apps (maybe 
carbon ones?) from long file names, while at the same time preserving 
the app's ability to read and modify (but not create) these long name 
files.

Can anybody comment on this, and are there any docs about this 
available somewhere?

Thanks,

Walter Lenk
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