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> Disagree. The file names should be as short as
> possible. If they're ever used on a Unix machine, for
> example, they are limited to the 8.3 convention.
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Ummm...Unix handles long filenames just fine. Even spaces. That was always
one of the big advantages of Unix and Linux in the old days before Win95
came along...they could handle long filenames whereas Win3.1 and DOS could
not.
