2 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif.h b/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif.h
index 031c141..737b7de 100644
--- a/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif.h
+++ b/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif.h
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 
 #define MAX_PAL 768
 
-/* set the name length restriction to 64 charachters */
-#define VSNAMELENMAX 64 /* this is a carryover from HDF4 */
-
 /* typedef H5T_NATIVE_UINT8  BYTE; */
 typedef unsigned char BYTE;
 
diff --git a/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif2hdf.c b/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif2hdf.c
index 34aad1d..99dc3fd 100644
--- a/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif2hdf.c
+++ b/hl/tools/gif2h5/gif2hdf.c
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ main(int argv , char *argc[])
     BYTE *MemGif;
     BYTE *StartPos;
 
-    /* VSNAMELENMAX is a carryover from HDF4 and is #defined to 256 in gif.h */
-    char GIFFileName[VSNAMELENMAX];
-    char HDFFileName[VSNAMELENMAX];
+    char *GIFFileName;
+    char *HDFFileName;
 
     /*
      * Initialize all GifMemoryStruct pointers to null to prevent hassles
@@ -53,15 +52,11 @@ main(int argv , char *argc[])
         return(-1);
     }
 
-    strncpy(GIFFileName , argc[1] , (size_t)(VSNAMELENMAX - 1));
-    strncpy(HDFFileName , argc[2] , (size_t)(VSNAMELENMAX - 1));
-    GIFFileName[VSNAMELENMAX - 1] = '\0';
-    HDFFileName[VSNAMELENMAX - 1] = '\0';
+    GIFFileName = argc[1];
+    HDFFileName = argc[2];
 
     if (!(fpGif = fopen(GIFFileName,"rb"))) {
         printf("Unable to open GIF file for reading.\n");
-        printf("Filename (including path) must be less than %d charachters in length\n",
-               VSNAMELENMAX);
         exit(-1);
     }
 
@@ -78,7 +73,7 @@ main(int argv , char *argc[])
         exit (-1);
     }
 
-    if (fread(MemGif,(size_t)filesize,(size_t)1,fpGif) != 1) {
+    if (fread(MemGif,(size_t)filesize,1,fpGif) != 1) {
         printf("Corrupted Input File");
         exit(-1);
     }
@@ -102,7 +97,7 @@ main(int argv , char *argc[])
      * Call WriteHDF from here. Go ahead and change WriteHDF to write whatever
      * format you want
      */
-    if (WriteHDF(GifMemoryStruct , argc[2] , argc[1]))
+    if (WriteHDF(GifMemoryStruct , HDFFileName , GIFFileName))
         printf("HDF Write Error\n\n");
 
     /* Free all buffers */