Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:53:15 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Capitals in kernel directory-names |
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004, Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote: > Which drives to a conclusion, that generally kernel-developers > (rightfully) dislike capital letters in file- and, even more so, in > directory-names. And the only directories named with capitals are some > arch-specifics, and Documentation. Well, was the latter named so to avoid > using the doc(umentation) pattern?:-)
Files and directories that start with capitals show up first when using `ls', that's why people use e.g. README, INSTALL, and Documentation.
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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