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Re: Website
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 15 Mar 2000 21:07:08 GMT
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Sproaticus wrote:
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> Dan Boger wrote:
> > In lugnet.publish, Karim Nassar writes:
> > > <sarcasm>
> > > Isn't it great how Windows has *improved* personal computing??
> > > </sarcasm>
> > I can't help it... what does this have to do with windows? ;)
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> The filesystem in Win32 is case-preserving,...
Except when it isn't...
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| (...) When doesn't it preserve case? Or are you talking about when you create a new file or dir in Explorer, and Explorer munges the case for you...? Explorer was a neat idea that I liked at first, but it's starting to get more and more annoying. (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Frank: (...) You mean things like insisting that a file you name "LEGO" has to be called "Lego"? Maybe we should as TLC to sue MS for trademark infringement. :-) Play well, Jacob ---...--- -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk -- -- Web...: <URL: (URL) > -- (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) The filesystem in Win32 is case-preserving, but not case-sensitive. e.g. if you open a file named "FiLeNaMe.txt" but the file was really saved as "FILENAME.TXT", it'll still load. Compare this to the Unix filesystem, where "A" != "a". Why they (...) (25 years ago, 15-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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