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Ext File Specs, Overview, Impact, RMS Changes

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    To support Extended File Specifications, the Record Management
    Services (RMS) have been enhanced to provide the following
    functions through existing interfaces:

    o  Support for a wider range of characters in a file name,
       extension, and directory

    o  Access to file specifications with extended characters

    o  Support for directory structures deeper than eight levels

    o  Access to file specifications longer than 255 bytes through
       the NAM block with some restrictions in functionality

    o  Access and complete specification of file specifications
       longer than 255 bytes by callers who are aware of the new
       naming characteristics through a new interface (NAML block)

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