Ask HN: Best File Naming Convention?

by ckruskon 1/29/2019, 2:54:33 PM with 3 comments
  • by bjourneon 1/31/2019, 11:03:48 AM

    Short lowercase names and I avoid spaces and non-ascii chars. Even in 2019 there is still software that has trouble with that, especially if the files are accessed from both Windows and Linux.

  • by vkakuon 1/30/2019, 4:21:20 AM

    - I use 8.3 NAMES for my top level stuff. I keep the top level names short.

    - The subsequent folders are CamelCased.

    - The files are either NAME.TXT (8.3 file) or NameLongerThanExpected-Part1.txt (regular file)

  • by davchanaon 1/29/2019, 10:47:19 PM

    First some 6-8 badic folders, like Travel, Documents, Finance, Work etc. Travel could have YYYYMMDD TRIP folders, Work could have YYYY MM Company A