May 3rd, 2005
Long filenames in Windows
Long file names in Windows are a hacked-in kludge, and sometimes it shows. Here’s an example of how, if you’re not careful, you can lose data:
C:TEMP>mkdir robintemp
C:TEMP>cd robintemp
C:TEMProbintemp>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is C899-6ADC
Directory of C:TEMProbintemp
01/28/2004 02:26p <DIR> […]