[futurebasic] Re: HFS+ (X-FB)

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From: David Blache <microcsm@...>
Date: Sun, 3 May 98 00:23:08 -0600
In a message dated 5/2/98 11:54 PM, Terence Jordan wrote:

>I feel a little better; but wasn't HFS+ supposed to be supporting
>rediculously long file names? (Bigger that 31?)

I believe the disk format supports 255 unicode filenames, but OS support 
for it isn't here yet.  I think we're waiting on Apple for that.  And 
even then, I'm sure some or most applications will need to be updated to 
make use of the capability, as most applications that handle files the 
"right way" limit them to 32 chars internally.

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