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Old 03-11-2009
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Could you do the trimming in the shell itself, i.e.

Code:
"${VARIABLE:0:64}"

for the first 64 letters, instead of letting the command choose the eventual name? That way you'd know exactly what it is. You may need to use basename also, to get the filename itself without potentially stripping off directories...