Re: 80-character filename limit

Fred

Thanks for finding the answer. I assume this means that the next NCL
update NCL will include that change. In the meantime I will output to
a less nested directory using NCL, then use the script in which it is
embedded to move that to the correct directory. Perhaps the 80
character limit choice was made back when PCs still had a 640KB memory
limit - who would have thought more would be needed! :-) RIght now I
can't imagine ever needing more than 256 characters.

                     Jack

On Tuesday March 6 2007 14:21, Fred Clare wrote:
> I discussed this with Dave Brown and he quickly traced
> the problem to the line:
> #define MAX_FILE_LEN 80
> in s_gesc.c in the awiC directory. This has been changed to:
> #define MAX_FILE_LEN 256
> to be compatible with the limit defined in gesc.f that has
> been in effect since April of 1994.
> Can you imagine ever needing more than a length of 256
> characters?
> Thanks for bringing this up.
> Fred Clare

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