Comment on Why do older files tend to have file extensions in all caps?
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Others have correctly explained that this is because filenames (on DOS) used to have only uppercase letters.
Interestingly, it’s not completely outdated. Many standalone digital cameras, even ones produced in the 2010s or 2020s, still produce filenames like IMG_1234.JPG or DSC00011.ARW or similar.
AskewLord@piefed.social 1 day ago
isn’t that because they are using FAT file systems on their local storage?
schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
I think you’re right; the point is that those files will then probably be copied on other file systems that could handle long (and lowercase) file names too, so that may be one way to end up with them without the files coming from the 1990s.