AIX LPR OPTIONS (?)

[Daan Sandee]

In article <1990Oct1.232359.4332 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> resnick at cogsci.uiuc.edu (Pete Resnick) writes:
>I'm not sure, but since AIX is system 5, there is a 14 character limit
>on filenames. Are they being truncated to 14 characters?
>
>Pete Resnick             (...so what is a mojo, and why would one be rising?)

Slight error in logic.
If a system enforces a 14-character filename limit, it must be System V.
But if a system is System V, it need not enforce a 14-character filename limit.
Witness :

sun16>telnet ibm1
Trying 192.70.169.100 ...
Connected to ibm1.scri.fsu.edu.
Escape character is '^]'.
AIX telnet (ibm1.scri.fsu.edu)

login: sandee
Password:
          FSU Supercomputer Computations Research Institute

Tue Oct 02 09:03:16 EDT 1990
ibm1>touch 123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456
789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789
ibm1>ls 1*
123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.123456789.1234567
89.123456789.123456789.123456789

Daan Sandee                                           sandee at sun16.scri.fsu.edu
Supercomputer Computations Research Institute
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4052  (904) 644-7045