Originally published at: Understanding Windows 8dot3 Filename Aliases – Xojo Programming Blog
Like most file systems these days, Windows lets you have rather long filenames. But it was not always so! When Microsoft first bought what was to become DOS for the original IBM PC, it used filenames consisting of 8 characters, a period and then a 3 character extension (8dot3). For example, FILENAME.EXT. This naming convention…
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