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2603. [filesys.ts] [PDTS] Filename length needs bullet item

Section: 4.7 [filesys.ts::fs.def.filename] Status: TS Submitter: CH-2 Opened: 2014-01-20 Last modified: 2017-07-30

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

Addresses: filesys.ts

Filename lengths are also implementation dependent. This is not the same as FILENAME_MAX that specifies the maximum length of pathnames.

Add a bullet: "Length of filenames."

[2014-02-07, Beman Dawes provides wording]

Proposed resolution:

Change 4.7 [fs.def.filename]:

The name of a file. Filenames dot  and dot-dot  have special meaning. The following characteristics of filenames are operating system dependent:

• The permitted characters. [Example: Some operating systems prohibit the ASCII control characters (0x00-0x1F) in filenames. — end example].

• The maximum permitted length.

• Filenames that are not permitted.

• Filenames that have special meaning.

• Case awareness and sensitivity during path resolution.

• Special rules that may apply to file types other than regular files, such as directories.