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Specifying file paths (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Such a microsoft thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

NTFS was designed back in the mid 90s, when the plan was to have the single NT kernel with different subsystems on top of it, some of those layers (i.e. POSIX) needed case sensitivity while others (Win32 and OS/2) didn't.

It only looks odd because the sole remaining subsystem in use (Win32) barely makes use of any of the kernel features, like they're only just now enabling long file paths.