Java Glossary : LFN

Java definitions: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

You are here : home : Java Glossary : L words : LFN.

LFN: Long File Names. With Windows 95, Microsoft introducted filenames longer than 8.3. They did in a way upwardly compatible with DOS. Each file had two filenames, short and long. DOS programs were then retrofitted with the abilitly to also process long file names with a new set of interrupts (system API calls). With NT and NTFS, Microsoft dropped the dual name FAT scheme, and went to a non-DOS compatible scheme where each file had only its long name.
Most old DOS programs cannot handle the new long filenames. They only see the short version usually containing a ~,
Windows 95 ¤ Windows NT

home	Canadian Mind Products
	mindprod.com IP:[24.87.56.253]
	Your IP:[80.134.30.163]
	You are visitor number 144.
	Please send errors, omissions and suggestions
	to improve this page to Roedy Green.
	You can get a fresh copy of this page from:	or possibly from your local J: drive mirror:
	http://mindprod.com/jgloss/lfn.html	J:\mindprod\jgloss\lfn.html