The maximum length filename (which includes the full path) cannot exceed 255 characters.  Just to be clear, that includes the directory name, spaces, punctuation or anything else that would appear in the address bar.  For example:

C:\Users\user\Desktop\filename.txt

The above is 34 characters in length.

We like to use the best operating for the job and we use a mixture of Windows, Mac and Linux.  Our typical Linux installation is a virtualized system and it does not include a desktop; we do all of the administration from the command line.

The other day, we were asked to propose a solution which installs on Linux but the installation must be performed from a Linux desktop.  No problem, we installed the desktop package with the following command:

I recently came across an Apache web server with a number of virtual hosts under /var/www.  Pointing a browser to the root, /var/www, would reveal all of the names of the virtual hosts on the server.  While not tragic, it does reveal some information that we would prefer not be visible to the general public.