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8.3 filenames (thing)
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thing
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by
everyone
Wed May 17 2000 at 23:33:23
Yet another
Microsoft innovation
.
MS-DOS
's
FAT
filesystem
has
restricted
filenames
. Filenames can, at their
longest
, have 8
characters
, followed by a
period
, and then 3 more characters to
identify
the
file
type
. This
restriction
was
worked-around
in
Windows 95
's
VFAT
, with the "
MICROS~1
"
hack
.
MICROS~1
8.3
What should I ask Microsoft?
VFAT
Fat
MS-DOS
post hoc ergo propter hoc
restriction
Windows 95
ASCII 127
Linux is free only if your time has no value
Microsoft Linux
filesystem
wildcard expansions
filename.ext
jpg
restrict
Hack
Please wait while Microsoft Outlook exits
filename
Windows Media Player, Not Microsoft Media Player
Naïveté
Workaround
Rik Mayall