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Re: Dealing with case insensitivity
- From: Jukka Santala <jsantala at tml dot hut dot fi>
- To: Jim Peters <jim at uazu dot net>
- Cc: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 11:17:10 +0200 (EET)
- Subject: Re: Dealing with case insensitivity
On Fri, 15 Mar 2002, Jim Peters wrote:
> Maybe this extra rule for Windows isn't really necessary, but it is
> the only extra 'gotcha' I can think of.
Unfortunately, at least Windows filesystem is also incapable of storing
filenames with only case-differences. This problem may not be encountered
in common uses, but on the few occasions that it does bite, it bites hard.
Maybe I don't fully understand the problem, but this limitation suggests
to me that on such platforms the file-case should just simply be ignored.
If the case doesn't match, you have worse problems than simply locating
the right file.
-Jukka Santala