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Non Life Sciences => Geek Speak => Topic started by: syhprum on 09/10/2018 10:51:58

Title: Why must computer names be lower case?
Post by: syhprum on 09/10/2018 10:51:58

I have two computers one in the office and one in the lounge with virtually the same software.
when I wish to communicate from one to the other I normally use remote screen with the latest update I found this a problem because  I had named them PC1 And PC2 but when I tried to get a screen view from PC2 of PC1 it told me it did not exist but when I asked for pc1 it worked fine.

Title: Re: Why must computer names be lower case?
Post by: syhprum on 09/10/2018 10:59:44

Someone at Redmond has noticed this and with the latest update 18252.rs I can use either upper or lower case !

Title: Re: Why must computer names be lower case?
Post by: chris on 09/10/2018 13:49:44

Windows doesn't seem to care about case for many circumstances. Linux always does.

Title: Re: Why must computer names be lower case?
Post by: Bored chemist on 09/10/2018 20:00:51

Nobody told the people who named ENIAC, COLOSSUS, Deep Blue, Summit etc.

Title: Re: Why must computer names be lower case?
Post by: nicephotog on 06/03/2019 07:01:11

That has a simple name its called a "software version bug".
Most software writers and almost all commercial writers-distributors have a section in their site of reported bugs.

ADDED May 2019
Actually , Best understand two things !
1. UNIX based platforms are used to develop (by developers personal choice) often. So there is a little rule in UNIX to avoid or auto-convert Upper case to lowercase, particularly in web servers HOWEVER, a very old rule of early kernels UNIX is to never leave "Caps lock" on with a password or there is an error and the machine requires reboot.
As it was they often do not like Upper case because of the collation method of the file system being trouble if it reads the same as either, then its two different files. So a default processing action occurs (by convention in web servers) to convert any upper case filenames to lowercase. (just idiosyncrasy) ,  but not always - just a standard "feature" in its configuration.

2.  With a development programming API the function or method of a library to work on "strings" or "chars" may only use a lowercase or uppercase call and checking, by convention in UNIX system partition (DRIVE) files are named in lowercase e.g.  /etc /bin /sbin /root , so for transparent porting , conversion to lowercase occurs which technically is ok in windows but not inside itself because it was probably set to use the method or procedure of the API for a string or char array test  that is case sensitive. blooper (bug).

Also comes standard with wolfing down a freeby too quick from the freeware section.