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SYMBIAN OS V9.3

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File names

The file server presents a DOS-like file system with long file names. For compatibility with traditional DOS filenames, an extension is recognised on names with appropriate formats.

When creating a file or directory note the following restrictions which apply to the path and its components.

The file server does not use . and .. to mean current directory and parent directory respectively. If required, these must be implemented by higher-level code. The TParseBase class provides filename parsing and manipulation functions.

The function IsValidName() provided by the RFs class returns whether a path name is valid.