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| Long and short file names explained |
Now that we can use long file names (file names longer
than 11 characters), here are some facts about them and short file names:
- Every long file name has an alias that complies with the 8.3 file names for backward
compatibility.
- 8.3 aliases to long file names consist of the first 6 characters of the long file name
followed by a ~ and an incrementing number/character. For example, if there are two or
more long file names starting with the same six characters, then the number/character
followed by ~ will be incremented until an unique file name is generated.
- Short file names may contain only the following characters:
- Numbers (0,1-9)
- Letters (A-Z, a-z)
- Blank (yes, theoretically you can have spaces!)
- ASCII characters greater than 127
- Special characters:
- $ % ' - _ @ ~ ` ! ( ) ^ # &
- Long file names may contain only the following characters:
- All of the characters supported by short file names
- Special characters:
- Length of the long file names are limited to 255 characters (260 for full paths) and
short file names are limited to 8+3 or 11 characters (80 for full path names).
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