June 2018

Windows Command-Line: The Evolution of the Windows Command-Line

June 27, 2018 Jun 27, 2018 06/27/18

Rich T

Welcome to the second post in this "Windows Command-Line" series. In this post we'll discuss some of the background & history behind the Windows Command-Line. Specifically, we’ll explore its humble origins in MS-DOS, to its modern-day incarnation supporting tools like PowerShell and Windows Subsystem for Linux.

Windows Command-Line: Backgrounder

June 20, 2018 Jun 20, 2018 06/20/18

Rich T

This is the first of a series of posts in which we’ll explore all things command-line – from the origins of the command-line and the evolution of the terminal, to what we’re doing to overhaul and modernize the Windows Console & command-line in future Windows releases.

Improved per-directory case sensitivity support in WSL

June 14, 2018 Jun 14, 2018 06/14/18

Sven G

With the Windows Subsystem for Linux, we’ve always allowed you to treat your files as case sensitive, just like Linux does. In the past, if you had files whose name differed only by case, these files could not be accessed by Windows, because Windows applications treat the file system as case insensitive. A while ago, we introduced per-...

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