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Specifying file paths (lemmy.ml)

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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 22 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Case-insensitive filesystems are for maniacs. They are only causing trouble. Ever had two folders with the same name but different capitalization in windows? You see both, but whichever you click it will always open the same one, while the other can't be accessed. Psychopath behavior.

[–] ahornsirup@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

That's because NTFS isn't case-insensitive. If it was there'd be no two folders. Windows is a case-insensitive operating system running on a case-sensitive file system. It's pretty clear Microsoft wanted case sensitivity and then realised how much legacy software that'd break.