Hi Tracy,

the long filename support in Novell is not flawless, for instance it is a big problem that it changes the ascii value of all the foreign characters in the filenames. Anyway, I jumped off the Novell bandwagon many years ago.

>Maybe someone should send the adminstrator the below document instead (3.x +):
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>http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10019083.htm
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>And for 2.x:
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>From the NetWare server console prompt, type "LOAD OS2"
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>2. From the NetWare server console prompt, type "ADD NAME SPACE OS2 TO SYS"
>3. Repeat Step 2 for any other volumes on the NetWare server.
>
>
>? :O)
>
>>>>SYS(2015) is not safe either, SUBSTR(SYS(2015)3) is safe AFAIK.
>>>
>>>Why?
>>
>>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.