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Timeline for Unix file naming convention

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Feb 25, 2011 at 19:37 comment added BillThor @ultrasawblade Thanks, shows how often I script Windows. I tried to skip the rarer executable extensions like cmd, pif, vb*, wsh, and the rest of them.
Feb 25, 2011 at 19:32 history edited BillThor CC BY-SA 2.5
Added scr to windows executable list.
Feb 25, 2011 at 0:17 comment added LawrenceC .scr is also a Windows executable extension.
Feb 14, 2011 at 17:16 comment added BillThor @Mikel I also program Java where CamelCase is a convention. Sometimes patterns and conventions conflict.
Feb 14, 2011 at 3:03 comment added Mikel It's not "bad" versus "good". It's "this is how it's usually done". It's a convention the OP was asking for. The reason? It could be because Unix people don't like pressing Shift, it could be because old systems only had UPPERCASE, or for another reason. I'm not sure.
Feb 13, 2011 at 21:46 comment added Mikel CamelCase is an anti pattern on Unix. The OP was asking about conventions.
Feb 13, 2011 at 16:42 history edited Steven D CC BY-SA 2.5
added 6 characters in body
Feb 13, 2011 at 16:09 history answered BillThor CC BY-SA 2.5