Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
- Subject: Re: Mac OS X 10.1 File Name Extension Guidelines
- From: j o a r <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 23:27:24 -0700
On Friday, September 7, 2001, at 01:56 , Erik M. Buck wrote:
What will happen if a directory contains two files that differ only by
extension and extensions are hidden ? I don't recall the paper
mentioning
that scenario. myFile.jpeg and myFile.tiff in the same directory.
Look at the two instances of "Finder" that already exists in
/System/Library/CoreServices for a hint of things to come...
I don't belive that you will be either warned nor prevented to have two
files with the same name in the same directory.
Ironic, isn't it, that after having been used as one of the arguments of
the HFS/UFS wars - the fact that two file names should or shouldn't
differ only by case - we now have a situation where they might not even
differ by that (at least from a user perspective)...
I, for one, don't like this new direction from Apple - but I know that
what I think doesn't matter so I will not bother to b**ch about it. It's
a path of least resistance, it's not progress in any shape or form, but
I digress...
j o a r