whats deal adding dots torrent names??

[underdeath21]

what is point adding dots to torrent names..??
i mean this for example Halo.S01E06.1080p
why just upload it as a Halo S01E061080p
it sound stupid and dumb add dots to name titles for no reason..
can anybody explain why it is done??.ii tried googling it with no results

[RodneyYouPlonker]

It's possible that going back to the days of Windows 95 or Windows 98 when people used DOS a lot.  The way that DOS works when you type commands in and you put the file name you have to have a full line of characters otherwise you would have to put " " between the names to get it to work.  The dots are easier to type otherwise you'd have to put _ between the characters which is more effort having to use the Shift key to do an underscore.  I'm guessing it goes back many years where filenames had to be a continuous line without spaces and it seems that pirates used the naming that way because it suited the way DOS functions when copying from one folder to another and since those days things have stuck I would imagine...

[ChiefAddict401]

It's possible that going back to the days of Windows 95 or Windows 98 when people used DOS a lot.  The way that DOS works when you type commands in and you put the file name you have to have a full line of characters otherwise you would have to put " " between the names to get it to work.  The dots are easier to type otherwise you'd have to put _ between the characters which is more effort having to use the Shift key to do an underscore.  I'm guessing it goes back many years where filenames had to be a continuous line without spaces and it seems that pirates used the naming that way because it suited the way DOS functions when copying from one folder to another and since those days things have stuck I would imagine...

Very interesting info! I am kind of new to the technical aspect of torrenting but I want to learn more. Are you saying (or is it your idea) that when we today see torrents with names such as "The.Lord.Of.The.Rings.Trilogy.Scene.User.Blabla.torrent", then the dots do not currently fill any function whatsoever and when we ourselves prepare torrents we do not need to use the same naming standard? Thanks! :)

[RobertX]

I'd just use space anyways! Fuck the dots!

[RodneyYouPlonker]

It's possible that going back to the days of Windows 95 or Windows 98 when people used DOS a lot.  The way that DOS works when you type commands in and you put the file name you have to have a full line of characters otherwise you would have to put " " between the names to get it to work.  The dots are easier to type otherwise you'd have to put _ between the characters which is more effort having to use the Shift key to do an underscore.  I'm guessing it goes back many years where filenames had to be a continuous line without spaces and it seems that pirates used the naming that way because it suited the way DOS functions when copying from one folder to another and since those days things have stuck I would imagine...

Very interesting info! I am kind of new to the technical aspect of torrenting but I want to learn more. Are you saying (or is it your idea) that when we today see torrents with names such as "The.Lord.Of.The.Rings.Trilogy.Scene.User.Blabla.torrent", then the dots do not currently fill any function whatsoever and when we ourselves prepare torrents we do not need to use the same naming standard? Thanks!

My post earlier on was a response to the original poster of this thread.  If the original poster wants to respond to my post then I might answer to that question.  In my original post that you quoted I said words like "possible" and "guessing" if you check back on the wording you'll see that's how I answered their question.  Sorry but I cannot answer your question as I don't know how to answer what you said...  Maybe you could answer to the original poster yourself and offer your expressions on the matter?

[ChiefAddict401]

It's possible that going back to the days of Windows 95 or Windows 98 when people used DOS a lot.  The way that DOS works when you type commands in and you put the file name you have to have a full line of characters otherwise you would have to put " " between the names to get it to work.  The dots are easier to type otherwise you'd have to put _ between the characters which is more effort having to use the Shift key to do an underscore.  I'm guessing it goes back many years where filenames had to be a continuous line without spaces and it seems that pirates used the naming that way because it suited the way DOS functions when copying from one folder to another and since those days things have stuck I would imagine...

Very interesting info! I am kind of new to the technical aspect of torrenting but I want to learn more. Are you saying (or is it your idea) that when we today see torrents with names such as "The.Lord.Of.The.Rings.Trilogy.Scene.User.Blabla.torrent", then the dots do not currently fill any function whatsoever and when we ourselves prepare torrents we do not need to use the same naming standard? Thanks!

My post earlier on was a response to the original poster of this thread.  If the original poster wants to respond to my post then I might answer to that question.  In my original post that you quoted I said words like "possible" and "guessing" if you check back on the wording you'll see that's how I answered their question.  Sorry but I cannot answer your question as I don't know how to answer what you said...  Maybe you could answer to the original poster yourself and offer your expressions on the matter?

Lol wtf, okay lad

[Wiznaz]

I also figured it was from the golden days and wasn't sure why it's still a thing. I've gotten so used to replacing the .'s for my media server but not every scene does it (anymore).

[Q91]

to be honest, nowadays its webbrowsers that prefer the dot, because if you need to type out a space, you'd have to type %20 every single time for compatibility reasons.

[dueda]

I believe it also has something to do with X systems (Unix, Mac) ?