8.3 filename restriction

[Kenichi Handa]

In article <address@hidden>, martin rudalics <address@hidden> writes:

> Admittedly, thinking of a good filename fitting the restriction may take
> some time.  However, I'm afraid that removing the restriction will soon
> lead to more monstrosities like "idlw-complete-structtag.el".

To my understanding, 8.3 name restriction actually means
that all filenames (in the same directory?) must be
distinguished by the first 8 (or 7? 6?)  characters.  So,
idlw-complete-structtag.el is ok unless there's another file
that starts with "idlw-complete".  Is it right?

And, I remember that there were another filename restriction
which limits the total length to 14 (or so) characters for
some other system.  Does anyone remember the detail?

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Kenichi Handa
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