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File Systems and File Name Conventions


You may have dozens, hundreds, or thousands of files stored on your 
computer's disks.  Your operating system is responsible for managing all 
of these files. In order to do so, it uses a unique name to locate each 
file in much the same way that the post office assigns a unique address to 
every residence. 
The unique name of any file is composed of a drive letter, a directory 
path, and a filename.  Each of these parts of the file's name is case 
insensitive; you can mix upper and lower case letters in any way you wish. 

The topics below are roughly divided according to the different parts of a 
file name, and cover the file system structure and naming conventions: 
            Drives and Volumes 
            File Systems 
            Directories and Subdirectories 
            File Names 
            File Attributes and Time Stamps 
 

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