Re: NT4 File Extensions

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From: Nate Lockwood
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 16:08

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Andrue Cope [TeamB] wrote:

> The operating system certainly does. More accurately it no longer
> cares. some file system drivers impose some limitations but generally
> speaking NT views "FRED.DOC" as an eight character name and has no
> concept of 'extensions'.
> 
> The shell OTOH may still regard an extension as something special and I
> don't know to how it reacts to extensions with more than three
> characters.

I'd just try it but the machine is about 100 miles away from me.

Thanks

Nate

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