in the output below, you have left out the -creator bit
ie the command should be perl -S mkcol.pl -creator admin@rtg.com aaa

If this is what you have tried to run, it will be using admin@... as the collection
name.

hope this helps
Katherine Don

Chandru wrote:

> Thanx for replying sirs
> I have tried that with collection name of one letter
> to 8 letters like
> a
> aa
> aaa
> .
> .
> aaaaaaaa
>
> i am getting the same error
>
> for example
> C:Program Filesgsdl>perl -S mkcol.pl admin@rtg.com
> aaa
> ERROR: The collection name must be less than 8
> characters
> so compatibility with earlier filesystems can
> be
> maintained.
>
> Any other ideas plz
> regards
> chandru
>
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