Edit: Thank you guys for your insightful answers!

      • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz
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        1 year ago

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

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          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.