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In an MS-DOS filename, you may have up to 8 characters followed by a filename extension (eg. .txt, .doc, .bmp) with up to 3 characters separated by a period. In the filename, you may not use the following characters:

< > . , : ; / | \ * ? + = " [ ]

You may not use spaces either, and the only exception to using a period is separating the name with the extension. Foreign chararacters should be avoided due to codepage differences.

Examples of valid filenames:

snowcone.bmp

report.txt

stats.xls

Examples of invalid filenames:

snow cone.bmp

one<two.txt

statistics.xls

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