LONG LONG LONG filenames in workspace

[root at MCIRPS2.MED.NYU.EDU]

How do you get filenames longer than the default dir string slot?

I noticed strings in workspace files names like

/usr/people/dean/.workspace/_+usr_+people_+dean_+D.TableTop_+D.Skulls

The base name part is longer than 18 or so characters that a
unix dir string is allocated with.
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| karron at nyu.edu                          Dan Karron                          |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . .             New York University Medical Center  |
| 560 First Avenue           \ \    Pager <1> (212) 397 9330                  |
| New York, New York 10016    \**\        <2> 10896   <3> <your-number-here>  |
| (212) 340 5210               \**\__________________________________________ |
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