this post was submitted on 06 Sep 2024
615 points (90.6% liked)

linuxmemes

20880 readers
11 users here now

I use Arch btw

Sister communities:

Community rules

  1. Follow the site-wide rules and code of conduct
  2. Be civil
  3. Post Linux-related content
  4. No recent reposts

Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
615
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)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
237 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Windows and NTFS support case sensitive filenames. The functionality is disabled for compatibility reasons.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And you can enable it: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/case-sensitivity

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I actually really like that fsutil case sensitivity can be set on a folder by folder basis so that I can have a safe space to deal with Linux files.

load more comments (11 replies)