File Naming

Figure 6.1: Some typical file extensions.

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File system must provide a convenient naming scheme
Textual Names (see Fig. 6.1)
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)

2004-05-25