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In a computers data is stored in files. When you run a
program, MS-DOS processes the data stored in the file and passes it to the system.
In MS-DOS a file can be any
size, however the file name is more restricted, it can only have a maximum length of 8 characters plus 3 for the
extension.
Furthermore, the files can only contain the following characters:
Thus filenames must not contain:
nor can they contain any of the following list of reserved names:
Depending on its size a hard drive may contain several thousands of files. However, the more files
there are, the more difficult it is to manage them, this is when we need to store them in
directories In MS-DOS, directory names are also subject to the same name restrictions
as files (8 characters for the name, and an extension with 3 characters).
Last update on Thursday October 16, 2008 02:43:13 PM.
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