I think so you right, but look that thread gone another way and fallin to sys(3)... :))))

In Turkey we says: "A maniac (it's me now..hehe...)throws a stone to a well, amd thousand intelligent can't get out..."


>>>SYS(2015) is not safe either, SUBSTR(SYS(2015)3) is safe AFAIK.
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>>Why?
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>To be honest, I am not sure. It may be for compatibility with old DOS machines, or Novell servers which are not configured to handle long file names.