Long Names. A long file name is considered to be any file name that exceeds the short MS-DOS (also called 8.3) style naming convention. When you create a long file name, Windows may also create a short 8.3 form of the name, called the 8.3 alias or short name, and store it on disk also.

  * [[https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/util/system/doslfn/0.34/|Dos long filename support]]
  * [[http://individual.utoronto.ca/wengier/doslfns.htm|Long File Name (LFN) compatible programs for DOS]]