[vorbis] Re: some weird filename related error

fungus meditvr at teleline.es
Fri Dec 27 13:20:17 PST 2002



smoerk wrote:
> fungus wrote:
> 
>> Jernej Simonèiè wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if Windows allows any more than
>>> 255 characters passed as parameters to programs...
>>>
>>
>> I'm sure Windows can, that 255 char limit is
>> for MS-DOS programs.
> 
> 
> MS-DOS is limited to 8.3 length.
> 

Are you talking about filenames or command line parameters?

MS-DOS filenames are 8.3 and folders are limited to
8 levels deep.

Command line parameters have a buffer of 256 chars IIRC.

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