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Naming Conventions—Windows

CA XCOM Data Transport supports the standard Windows file names and the Universal Naming Convention (UNC). Some of the file naming conventions are outlined below.

Use the following format to name files when using standard Windows file names:

d:[\][directory name\..\]filename[.ext]

Important! This format may only be used if the drive is a local drive on the Windows system. Do not use for mapped or redirected drives. Use UNC conventions only for mapped or redirected drives.

Note: Use the following format to name files when using UNC file names:

\\server name\share name\directory\filename.

The following list describes the parts of the file names and UNC file names:

d

Required. Specifies a particular device, indicated as a drive letter. Used for local drives only.

directory name

Required. One or more optional directories and subdirectories.

Subdirectories can take the form of name[.ext].

Note: The form of the directory name and file name depend on the operating system running on the server.

filename

Required. Specifies the name of the data file.

For FAT file systems, filename is 1 to 8 characters.

NTFS and HPFS file systems support long file names, up to 256 characters, including the extension.

Names may or may not be case sensitive, depending on the file system on the server.

For FAT, NTFS and HPFS, names are not case sensitive. You can use uppercase and lowercase when creating a name, and they display as typed, but internally Windows makes no distinction for this. For example, MYFILE and MyFiLe are considered to be the same file.

Windows also creates an MS-DOS-style name based on the long name for compatibility with environments where long file names are not always supported.

ext

The file extension used to further identify the file.

For FAT file systems, the extension is up to 3 characters.

For NTFS and HPFS, the extension is included in the long file name limit of 256 characters.

Note: If you do not specify an extension, CA XCOM Data Transport does not supply a default.

server name

The name of the server.

share name

The share name is network provider dependent.

For Microsoft Windows networks this is the name of the share.