Index: /trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c
===================================================================
--- /trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c	(revision 15494)
+++ /trunk/psLib/src/types/psMetadata.c	(revision 15495)
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
  *  @author Ross Harman, MHPCC
  *
- *  @version $Revision: 1.162 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
- *  @date $Date: 2007-07-04 01:36:14 $
+ *  @version $Revision: 1.163 $ $Name: not supported by cvs2svn $
+ *  @date $Date: 2007-11-08 02:59:00 $
  *
  *  Copyright 2004-2005 Maui High Performance Computing Center, University of Hawaii
@@ -49,6 +49,5 @@
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-/** Maximum size of a string */
-#define MAX_STRING_LENGTH 1024
+// None
 
 /******************************************************************************/
@@ -278,7 +277,5 @@
         {
             char *string = va_arg(argPtr, char *);
-            metadataItem->data.str =
-                string ? psStringNCopy(string, MAX_STRING_LENGTH)
-                : NULL;
+            metadataItem->data.str = string ? psStringCopy(string) : NULL;
         }
         break;
@@ -526,11 +523,11 @@
 }
 
-// this function copies the input metadata to the output, supplementing existing metadata 
+// this function copies the input metadata to the output, supplementing existing metadata
 // folders with the contents from corresponding folders in the output
 bool p_psMetadataOverlay(const char *file,
-			 unsigned int lineno,
-			 const char *func,
-			 psMetadata *out,
-			 const psMetadata *in)
+                         unsigned int lineno,
+                         const char *func,
+                         psMetadata *out,
+                         const psMetadata *in)
 {
     PS_ASSERT_METADATA_NON_NULL(in, NULL);
@@ -551,16 +548,16 @@
         psTrace("psLib.types", 5, "Copying %s (%s)...\n", inItem->name, inItem->comment);
 
-	// if this is a metadata, and it has a corresponding match, overlay them
-	if (inItem->type == PS_DATA_METADATA) {
-	    bool status;
-	    psMetadata *outFolder = psMetadataLookupMetadata (&status, out, inItem->name);
-	    if (outFolder) {
-		if (!psMetadataOverlay (outFolder, inItem->data.md)) {
-		    fprintf (stderr, "Error overlaying metadata folder\n");
-		    result = false;
-		}
-		continue;
-	    }
-	}
+        // if this is a metadata, and it has a corresponding match, overlay them
+        if (inItem->type == PS_DATA_METADATA) {
+            bool status;
+            psMetadata *outFolder = psMetadataLookupMetadata (&status, out, inItem->name);
+            if (outFolder) {
+                if (!psMetadataOverlay (outFolder, inItem->data.md)) {
+                    fprintf (stderr, "Error overlaying metadata folder\n");
+                    result = false;
+                }
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
 
         // Copy the item and add it on.  report all errors so we get a listing