File names in Windows that are up to 255 characters in length. Long file names include spaces and special characters except for slashes, colons, asterisks, open/close brackets, exclamation points and ...

"For example, Fetch will truncate long filenames when uploading to a non-Mac server that does handle long filenames. For example, I first noticed the problem when I tried to upload some Java class ...

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If your business works with and shares numerous files, copying file names can save a lot of time. Typing a file name is easy when the name is short, but long, complex names with special characters are ...

File names on Linux systems can be as long as 255 characters. While determining which files in a directory have the longest names might not be the most exciting task at hand, doing this with a script ...

One inherent weakness in WinRAR is its inability to handle long file names and directory structures. Attempting to extract long names from a business RAR file will ...

Q: I have about 200 files in a directory and I want to copy their file names as text so that I can make a list in Word. How do I do this? When I highlight the files and select Copy, Word hangs when I ...

For compatibility with earlier 16-bit DOS and Windows 3.1 applications, Windows 95/98 created an 8.3 short name that was maintained alongside the long name. That compatibility was dropped in Windows ...

MLStrand56 complained to the Windows forum about Windows’ inability to save file names containing punctuation. [Email your tech questions to [email protected] or post them on the PCW Answer Line forum ...

I have 2 PC's, one of which (Kids-pc) I have setup to receive critical data (backed up using xcopy from the primary PC). I have made an icon on my desktop with the following "Target"<BR><BR>xcopy.exe ...