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Authored by: bhines on Apr 06, '02 08:32:44PM

As you said, this article really didn't need to be 4 pages. There's no need to explain how you tested this: EVERYONE knows Stuffit Expander can't handle long filenames. Right? I've posted it ranting about 30 times on csmc.

It's CERTAINLY not a bug in the OS, filesystem, or anything else. I use "OpenUp" for everything except .sit now.



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I certainly didn't know...
Authored by: robg on Apr 06, '02 10:34:40PM

After 18+ months with OS X, I had never heard of a filename length limitation with Stuffit Expander. Then again, I don't read csmc (not even sure what it is beyond comp.sys.mac.c-something), and I'm not sure everyone else does, either. Given that Stuffit Expander is the default GUI tool for archive expansion, I felt it merited a detailed look at what was happening and how to work around the problem.

The overriding goal of macosxhints is simply to provide a large database of OS X knowledge for all, with no assumptions about a given user's skill level. Given the objective, I will always opt to include too much information rather than too little. Sorry you found it too obvious and too detailed, but it's possible that the information provided may help someone else down the road, which is why I chose to publish it.

-rob.



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