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aggregate: too long filenames<br />


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+the &#91;&#91;pluhins/aggregate&#93;&#93; plugin mashes the `title` of an aggregated post into a filename.  This results in long filenames.  I have hit a filesystem length limitation on several occasions.  Some (ab)uses of RSS, e.g., twitter,
+generate long titles.  Especially once you throw escaping into the mix:
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+    $ ikiwiki --setup testsetup --aggregate --refresh
+    failed to write ./test/lifestream/Hidden_Features_Of_Perl__44___PHP__44___Javascript__44___C__44___C++__44___C__35____44___Java__44___Ruby___46____46____46__._aggregated.ikiwiki-new: File name too long
+    aggregation failed with code 9216
+    $ echo $?
+    25
+
+-- &#91;&#91;Jon&#93;&#93;

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