Re: Rationale for aligning data on even bytes in a Unix shell file?

On 01/05/2025 01:56, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 12:38:53 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
 

Its certainly not a scheme I'd use, but I've also seen Makefile and
makefile in the same package build directory in the past.

 The GNU “make” command, specified without a filename, looks for
“GNUmakefile”, then “Makefile”, then “makefile”. The man page
<https://manpages.debian.org/make(1)> says:
      We recommend Makefile because it appears prominently near the
     beginning of a directory listing, right near other important files
     such as README.
 But is this still true for most people? I think the default sort
settings these days no longer put all-caps names at the top.

I can't speak for "most people", but since my project directories rarely have more than about a dozen files and directories (like "src" and "build") in the top directory, it could be called zzzz and still be near the top!