Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoRemember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitivelemmy.worldimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageRemember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitivelemmy.worldLuu Tuyen@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squaremrvictory1@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWindows and NTFS support case sensitive filenames. The functionality is disabled for compatibility reasons.
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI remember the good old days of Windows MS-DOS where they had an 8 character filename limit lol
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoGotta go count my files again… oh yeah it’s PROJE~14.BAS
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agohaha that was so infuriating. if their intent was to bastardize the filename horribly to make it noticeable that you defied the DOS limitation, they certainly succeeded. Yuck, totally forgot about the ~1 thing!
Windows and NTFS support case sensitive filenames. The functionality is disabled for compatibility reasons.
I remember the good old days of Windows MS-DOS where they had an 8 character filename limit lol
8.3, actually!
Gotta go count my files again… oh yeah it’s PROJE~14.BAS
haha that was so infuriating. if their intent was to bastardize the filename horribly to make it noticeable that you defied the DOS limitation, they certainly succeeded. Yuck, totally forgot about the
~1thing!