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Remember: GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems can make files that are case-sensitive, Windows can't make files that are case-sensitive (lemmy.world)
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[-] Gork@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

I remember the good old days of Windows MS-DOS where they had an 8 character filename limit lol

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

8.3, actually!

[-] mvirts@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Gotta go count my files again... oh yeah it's PROJE~14.BAS

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

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 ~1 thing!

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Funnily enough you can have up to 65536 files in a directory in FAT, so you could technically end up with PR~65536.BAS

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