RE: [MACCAWS] Filenames and directory structure conventions

I've added a rule

At 18:28 14/08/02 +0100, you wrote:

>Filenames:
>
>Should not exceed 64 characters in length, including extension

The only characters allowed in filenames are a-z aphabetic, 0-9 numeric and 
underscore

>Should be all lower case Should not contain spaces but use underscores, 
>even things like linked .doc files
>Should be meaningful reflecting the content
>Filename extension for (X)HTML files should be .html not .htm
>
>Directories
>
>Names should not exceed 64 characters in length, including extension

The only characters allowed in directory names are a-z aphabetic, 0-9 
numeric and underscore

>Names should be all lower case Names should not contain spaces but use 
>underscores
>Names should reflect the content the content
>Should not be nested more than eight deep for a working site
>______________

Francis said


>Question:
>
>If certain things cannot cope with a file name and also a folder name 
>longer than 64 characters, what happens if the filename and directory name 
>combined exceed 64 characters?

The total string length is 512 characters in the CD writers that we use at 
work, so 8 * 64 is the limit. - at least that's how I think it works.

Regards

John