How long can file/folder names be?
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The BeOS
Features
What is the character limit for file/folder/etc. names on the BeOS?
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The BeOS:
Features
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FAQ Number:
FAQ-0053
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Last Modified:
4/13/98
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Keywords:
BeOS,
Features,
file,
name,
limit,
character,
file system
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The Be File System supports file names of up to 256 characters. In other words, a file named "A letter I wrote and sent to my mother in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and ninety-eight" has a name which is actually less than half as long (only 96 characters) as it could have been.
Plug-in "foreign" file systems mounted under the BeOS may have more restrictive limits inherent in their design. For example, HFS (Mac) supports a maximum of 31 character file names ("Letter to Mom, sent 5/5/97"), and the inimitable FAT (DOS and Windows 3.x) restricts you to 8-DOT-3 character names ("LETR2MOM.DOC").
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