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re: File size limitations
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 9:24 am
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Posted by mike (30 messages posted)


!7 characters seem to be 17x a b c -------. If so 1024 would seem huge in comparison? ------------------?


On Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 3:14 pm, Jacob6601 wrote:
>256 characters was the DOS limit so I doubt it is the same for NT systems (I'm thinking
>it's 1024). This included the path -- C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE = 17 characters.
>Most often the backup application will dictate the limit. Also, disc systems can
>split path/filenames whereas backup applications usually require one string.


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re: File size limitations (Jacob6601: Sunday, January 20, 2008 at 3:14 pm)

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All messages in this thread [show all]
-File size limitations (mike: Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 11:44 am)
*re: File size limitations (DEX: Sat, Jan 19, 2008, 12:18 pm)
-re: File size limitations (Jacob6601: Sun, Jan 20, 2008, 3:14 pm)
*re: File size limitations (mike: Tue, Jan 22, 2008, 9:24 am)
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