What is the max # of characters u can use in a filename?
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What is the max # of characters u can use in a filename?
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Mark Hensler posted this at 09:35—13th July 2001.
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For what OS?
DOS was 8.3
Jack Michaelson posted this at 09:48—13th July 2001.
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Win 95
Win 98
Win 2000
unix / linux
PaPa posted this at 14:20—13th July 2001.
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For win98, the file's full pathname--the drive, folder, and filename--can't exceed 253 characters.
source: Unauthorized Guide to Win98 --Paul McFedries
--Papa
Gyrbo posted this at 20:12—13th July 2001.
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And what about linux/unix/*bsd?
mairving posted this at 21:37—13th July 2001.
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Unix file names can be 1024 characters but it is really more than that since Uppercase and Lowercase are different. So the following filenames could represent a different filename:
gyrbo
Gyrbo
GYrbo
GYRbo
GYRBo
GYRBO
gYrbo
gYRbo
gYRBo
gYRBO
gyRbo
gyRBo
gyRBO
and so on. So in Windows if you wanted to name a file Gyrbo, you would have only one Choice. In 'nix, you would have a lot more possibilties.
Mark Irving
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