title: Why do file systems limit maximum length of a file name?
body: <p>Most posts i read just give info about the maximum file name length's. But, i want to understand why there's this limit. Why can't file name's be big. I see that few file systems have put a limit of 255 bytes. Why not 1 MB or anything more than 255 bytes. I probably would never have a file name of length more than 100 characters. But, this question is about why the limit?</p>