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by basher 1 view

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I need to prepare a procedure on how to name files and folders within my organization. In the past users could name files and folders however they liked, this has given me some problems with folder structures being too long, or file names being actual sentences instead of a name.

I'm looking for any kind of advice on setting long filename specifications, or links to articles concerning this. Any help would be great!!

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by thechas

I would begin by going over the Joliet / ISO 9660 specification. This is the specification that covers CD-R recording and includes the file name and path length specifications.

I downloaded some parts of the spec a couple weeks ago in relation to another question, but don't remember the url.
There are a few articles in Microsofts Knowledge base. But I think I found the best details from a web search on ISO 9660.

From there, you need to decide how much tighter you need to be on file name length.

Of course, the devil will be in enforcing the procedure.

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