Cap length of FileDatabase filenames at 130.

mono / mono-addins

Mono.Addins is a generic framework for creating extensible applications, and for creating add-ins which extend those applications.

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Cap length of FileDatabase filenames at 130. #50

Closed directhex closed 7 years ago

directhex commented 7 years ago

On Linux filesystems, the maximum filename length is 255 bytes. However, when using home directory encryption (as opposed to full-disk encryption), user-visible filenames are backed by encrypted filenames which are much longer. As a result, filenames longer than about 143 characters cannot be stored on encrypted systems.

A limit of 130 gives room for a fairly lengthy file extension.

This limit, unlike MAX_PATH on Windows, is per-file not for the full path name.

directhex commented 7 years ago

Background reading: http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/32834/102782