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Is it still necessary to use _ while naming files? (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by squidsarefriends@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Wootz@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know I don't have to but it feels dirty

[–] d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still try and stick to the 8.3 convention as far as possible. I don't like LFNs.

[–] AlternateRoute@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

8.3 is horrible in almost any moderately complex system. We have one at work and you basically need a index / translation document to figure out what the files or scripts do. The Database tables have similar short name limits.

You eventually memorize the ones you use often but it creates a huge new / external parties to understand the system.