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Filenames are metadata about a file; a string used to uniquely identify a file stored on the file system of a computer.

The filename is metadata about a file; a special kind of string used to uniquely identify a file stored on the file system of a computer. Some operating systems also identify directories in the same way. Different operating systems impose different restrictions on length and allowed characters on filenames.

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How do I get the file name from a String containing the Absolute file path?

String variable contains a file name, C:\Hello\AnotherFolder\The File Name.PDF. How do I only get the file name The File Name.PDF as a String? I planned to split the string, but that is not the optimal solution.
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Maximum filename length in NTFS (Windows XP and Windows Vista)?

I'm designing a database table which will hold filenames of uploaded files. What is the maximum length of a filename in NTFS as used by Windows XP or Vista?
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How can I create a full path to a file from parts (e.g. path to the folder, name and extension)?

I need to pass a file path name to a module. How do I build the file path from a directory name, base filename, and a file format string? The directory may or may not exist at the time of call. For…
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How do I get a file name from a full path with PHP?

For example, how do I get Output.map from F:\Program Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell\Output.map with PHP?
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Change case of a file on Windows?

There are a couple of files in our git-controlled codebase that I'd like to rename. Specifically, I just want to change the case of the file, so that sourceCode.java becomes SourceCode.java, for example. The catch: I'm on a Windows box, and the…
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How can I replace (or strip) an extension from a filename in Python?

Is there a built-in function in Python that would replace (or remove, whatever) the extension of a filename (if it has one)? Example: print replace_extension('/home/user/somefile.txt', '.jpg') In my example: /home/user/somefile.txt would become…
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Git copy file preserving history

I have a somewhat confusing question in Git. Lets say, I have a file dir1/A.txt committed and git preserves a history of commits Now I need to copy the file into dir2/A.txt (not move, but copy). I know that there is a git mv command but I need…
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Get file name from URI string in C#

I have this method for grabbing the file name from a string URI. What can I do to make it more robust? private string GetFileName(string hrefLink) { string[] parts = hrefLink.Split('/'); string fileName = ""; if (parts.Length > 0) …
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Allowed characters in filename

Where can I find a list of allowed characters in filenames, depending on the operating system? (e.g., on Linux, the character : is allowed in filenames, but not on Windows)
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Get file name from URL

In Java, given a java.net.URL or a String in the form of http://www.example.com/some/path/to/a/file.xml , what is the easiest way to get the file name, minus the extension? So, in this example, I'm looking for something that returns "file". I can…
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Use jQuery to get the file input's selected filename without the path

I used this: $('input[type=file]').val() to get the file name selected, but it returned the full path, as in "C:\fakepath\filename.doc". The "fakepath" part was actually there - not sure if it's supposed to be, but this is my first time working…
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Is it possible to use "/" in a filename?

I know that this is not something that should ever be done, but is there a way to use the slash character that normally separates directories within a filename in Linux?
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How to get folder name, in which given file resides, from pathlib.path?

Is there something similar to os.path.dirname(path), but in pathlib?
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A html space is showing as %2520 instead of %20

Passing a filename to the firefox browser causes it to replace spaces with %2520 instead of %20. I have the following HTML in a file called myhtml.html: When I load myhtml.html into…
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DateTime.ToString() format that can be used in a filename or extension?

I want to add a timestamp to filenames as files are created but most of the DateTime methods I've tried output something with spaces and slashes. For instance: Debug.WriteLine(DateTime.Now.ToString()); // <-- 9/19/2012 1:41:46…
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