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From: Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Guennadi Liakhovetski <gl@dsa-ac.de>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [OT] Capitals in kernel directory-names
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 10:07:32 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040416090732.GD22226@mail.shareable.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.58.0404161052220.20787@waterleaf.sonytel.be>

Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> Files and directories that start with capitals show up first when using `ls',
> that's why people use e.g. README, INSTALL, and Documentation.

They used to.  Maybe on your system they still do.  (Hint: $LANG).

  [jamie@dual dual-2.6.5]$ ls
  arch     Documentation  init    MAINTAINERS  README          sound
  COPYING  drivers        ipc     Makefile     REPORTING-BUGS  System.map
  CREDITS  fs             kernel  mm           scripts         usr
  crypto   include        lib     net          security        vmlinux

-- Jamie

      reply	other threads:[~2004-04-16  9:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-04-16  8:36 [OT] Capitals in kernel directory-names Guennadi Liakhovetski
2004-04-16  8:53 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2004-04-16  9:07   ` Jamie Lokier [this message]

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