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diff --git a/doc/forum/Disadvantages_of_WORM:_long_filename__63__/comment_2_d04b7adcc17a305fb1d7f1c1a3641be1._comment b/doc/forum/Disadvantages_of_WORM:_long_filename__63__/comment_2_d04b7adcc17a305fb1d7f1c1a3641be1._comment new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a13631845 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Disadvantages_of_WORM:_long_filename__63__/comment_2_d04b7adcc17a305fb1d7f1c1a3641be1._comment @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 2""" + date="2015-01-05T17:01:12Z" + content=""" +I refreshed my memory and did some testing, and the WORM backend +deals with extremely large filenames by detecting the filename length +limitations of the filesystem where the repository is located, and if a +WORM key is longer than the maximum filename length, it will truncate it +down to fit. + +This avoids any problems in my testing, as long as the WORM keys are being +generated and used all on filesystems with similar filename length limits. +If you are using a version of git-annex older than 4.20131024, it won't +do that, and you should upgrade. + +If you are using a mixture of filesystems, eg EXT4 and VFAT, this can still +result in WORM key names generated on EXT4 being too long to fit on the +VFAT filesystem. In this case, I would recommend not using WORM. + +Incidentially, that version also made many problimatic characters +not be included in WORM key names, so they're more portable to eg, FAT +filesystems. +"""]] |