Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 4 months agoRemember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitivelemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up1684arrow-down173
arrow-up1611arrow-down1external-linkRemember: 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 · 4 months agomessage-square242fedilink
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoI remember the good old days of Windows MS-DOS where they had an 8 character filename limit lol
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 months agoGotta go count my files again… oh yeah it’s PROJE~14.BAS
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months 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!
minus-square9point6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 months agoFunnily enough you can have up to 65536 files in a directory in FAT, so you could technically end up with PR~65536.BAS
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!Funnily enough you can have up to 65536 files in a directory in FAT, so you could technically end up with PR~65536.BAS