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From: Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca>
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Subject: Re: Long filenames in DOS/Windows and Unix/Linux (Was: Piping to
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Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 15:54:58 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:47:23 +0000, Scott Lurndal wrote:

> John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes:
>>On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 08:37:01 -0000 (UTC)
>>Muttley@dastardlyhq.com wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 05:57:12 -0000 (UTC)
>>> gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) gabbled:
>>> >    2) Spaces in filenames are pretty much a necessity from the
>>> > end-user  
>>> 
>>> No they're not.
>>
>>WhoNeedsSpacesWhenYouCanJustCapitalizeEveryWordAsAVisualSignifierAmIRight
>>or-alternatively-make-liberal-use-of-dashes
>>or_use_underscores_like_some_deranged_freak
>>
>>Very readable and not at *all* weird or clunky!
>>
> 
> Perhaps Dennis had it right with a 14-character maximum filename :-)

Only because space was tight on those early disk drives, and they
only allocated 16 bytes for each directory entry (2 bytes inode#,
14 bytes filename).

:-)


-- 
Lew Pitcher
"In Skills We Trust"