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minus-squareu/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)linkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years agoNow take Android. Files are case-sensitive yet you can’t create 2 files with same name if they only vary in case.
minus-square@Reil@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoOne of the most pointlessly annoying things I’ve had to deal with was trying to move a process made for Linux onto a Windows MINGW/cygwin-type environment where one of the scripts would generate “.filename” AND “.FileName” files. :|
minus-squareoleorunlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoTIL, thanks. I wonder why they chose to do it this way.
minus-square@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agoThey cater to windows users that are used to the quirks of their broken system.
Now take Android. Files are case-sensitive yet you can’t create 2 files with same name if they only vary in case.
One of the most pointlessly annoying things I’ve had to deal with was trying to move a process made for Linux onto a Windows MINGW/cygwin-type environment where one of the scripts would generate “.filename” AND “.FileName” files. :|
TIL, thanks. I wonder why they chose to do it this way.
They cater to windows users that are used to the quirks of their broken system.