Max number of characters for a file name: tar limit

From: Ramesh Pathak (ramesh.pathak@vinciti.com)
Date: Thu Jul 10 2003 - 21:00:56 EDT

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Hi all,
The backup utility, tar, imposes a limit on the number of characters that a
file name can have.
It imposes a similar limit on the prefix of the file name( i.e the full path
name).

Can anybody here help me with the following queries:
1. what are the limits for the file name and the prefixes ?
2. Is there a workaround so that we may backup a file where prefix is > 200
characters
or whose name contains more than 200 characters ?

Thanks in advance,
Ramesh
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