File Naming

Figure 1: Some typical file extensions.

• File system must provide a convenient naming scheme
• Textual Names (see Fig. 1)
• May have restrictions
  • Only certain characters, E.g. no `/' characters
  • Limited length
  • Only certain format, E.g DOS, 8 + 3
• Case (in)sensitive
• Names may obey conventions (.c files or C files)
  • Interpreted by tools (UNIX)
  • Interpreted by operating system (Windows)