Appendix 2 File Naming Rules
File Name Length |
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Data file: | Up to seven alphanumeric characters |
Configuration (parameter settings) file: Up to eight alphanumeric characters
Lowercase/Uppercase Letters
All lowercase letters are processed as uppercase letters for file names, based on the rules of
System-reserved File Names
The following
CON, PRN, AUX, AUX1, AUX2, NUL, CLOCK.
Prohibited Characters
The following characters cannot be used:
•Any character not included in the
•\ (back slash), ? (question mark), * (asterisk), . (period), <, > (inequality signs), “ (quotation mark), = (equals sign), [, ] (bracket), : (colon), ; (semicolon), + (plus sign), / (slash), (vertical bar), ¥ (yen mark), space
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