Luu Tuyen@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 years 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-square239linkfedilinkarrow-up1678arrow-down172
arrow-up1606arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square239linkfedilink
minus-squareGork@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoI remember the good old days of Windows MS-DOS where they had an 8 character filename limit lol
minus-squaremvirts@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoGotta go count my files again… oh yeah it’s PROJE~14.BAS
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years 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-up5·2 years 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