Differences between Linux and Windows Server

Status
Not open for further replies.

Xarzu

New Member
I have been studying a web site that uses ASP.NET and so it resides on a Windows Server but it also uses some JScript so it is worth studying. Anyway, I am moving it to a Linux server and I have noticed some differences in the way it handles files. First of all, the Windows Server is not case sensitive. But I also noticed something else. It seems that the Windows Server can have file names with spaces in them like this: "Creative%20Design%20vert_S" where the "%20" is a space. But, when I try to upload this directory to the Linux server using FileZilla it does not seem to work. And then when I try to create the directory, I get an error "Forbidden command argument". So is using %20 in a direcory name illegal in Linux?
 

mneylon

Administrator
Staff member
You can't have spaces in filenames and all file names are case sensitive.
 

mneylon

Administrator
Staff member
I wouldn't recommend it. What you're seeing is just the encoding of the space on a Windows system.
You'd be better off using a hyphen (-) or an underscore (_) as separators.
On a Linux system the spaces tend to get "escaped" and it's really messy, which is why you'd be better off just not using spaces at all
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top