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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1997
Aaron R. Reynolds, Redmond, WA (US);
Dennis R. Adler, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Ralph A. Lipe, Woodinville, WA (US);
Ray D. Pedrizetti, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jeffrey T. Parsons, Redmond, WA (US);
Rasipuram V. Arun, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
An operating system provides a common name space for both long filenames and short filenames. In this common namespace, a long filename and a short filename are provided for each file. Each file has a short filename directory entry and may have at least one long filename directory entry associated with it. The number of long filename directory entries that are associated with a file depends on the number of characters in the long filename of the file. The long filename directory entries are configured to minimize compatibility problems with existing installed program bases.