Re: Naming Files and Folders

["Aashita Shekhar" <ash -dot- lovely -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I personally avoid using spaces and underscores in file names. Some
software packages have difficulty recognizing file names with spaces;
this can be a particular difficulty for files when they are published
on an external website, so it is best to avoid using spaces. Using
underscores and hyphens in your file names increases the length. I use
capital letters to delimit words. By using capital letters to
differentiate between the words the file name is still readily
recognizable. Where capitalized acronyms are used in file names, the
acronym should appear in capitals and the first letter of the
following word should also be capitalized.

Thanks,
Aashita

On 3/20/08, Combs, Richard <richard -dot- combs -at- polycom -dot- com> wrote:
> Ronquillo, Michael wrote:
>
> > How does everyone feel about putting underscores between
> > words when naming files and folders? For example
> > This_Is_an_Example.doc
> >
> >
> >
> > Is this necessary or subjective? How do you feel about
> > capitalizing the words as if it was a title?
>
> I agree with Fred about spaces and underscores. Spaces are a bad idea,
> even in Windows -- if a path (say, for a shortcut, in a batch file, or
> at the command prompt) contains spaces, you have to remember to enclose
> it in quotes.
>
> As for underscores, I've never understood the preference among geeks for
> underscores over hyphens. I don't think a_really_long_file_name.ext is
> any more readable than a-really-long-file-name.ext, and in some
> situations less. Plus, it's harder to type.
>
> I don't usually capitalize file names, and certainly don't use
> camel-caps. Just more pointless pressing of the Shift key.
>
> IMHO. FWIW. YMMV.
>
> :-)
>
> Richard
>
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