260 characters
NTFS-New Technology File System
NTFS-New Technology File System
Descriptive names are sometimes also called long, verbose, or self-documentary names.
The maximum length of a directory name or file name is affected by the location itself.The maximum length of the path to a file on a modern Operating System is 255 characters.
Windows 2000
An invalid file name is one that contains characters or formats not permitted by the operating system. For example, in Windows, file names cannot include characters like \ / : * ? " < > |. Additionally, names that are too long or use reserved names (like "CON" or "PRN") are also considered invalid. Each operating system has its own rules governing valid file names.
Long File Names or also known as LFNs
Another term for long file might be long-term file or shell file.
Enclose the filename in double quotes
not all file names have two parts. MacOS - MacOS9 the filenames were one solid line - macintosh_video_file. The application data was hidden in the resource fork. On Unixes and DOS boxes a file name consists of file name and extension.
Extension
Hosts file