@[email protected] to [email protected] • 3 months agoLinus Torvalds Expresses His Hatred For Case-Insensitive File-Systemswww.phoronix.commessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1282arrow-down17
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minus-squarekaty ✨linkfedilink46•3 months agoremember when windows could only handle 8 characters and longer names ended in ~1
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink27•3 months agoTo be precise, longer names ending with ~1 are a backwards compatible fix for DOS programs introduced after Windows started supporting longer filenames.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•3 months agoNo because that’s not a thing in the way you’ve described it
remember when windows could only handle 8 characters and longer names ended in ~1
To be precise, longer names ending with ~1 are a backwards compatible fix for DOS programs introduced after Windows started supporting longer filenames.
No because that’s not a thing in the way you’ve described it