Subj : Re: Translation
To   : andrew clarke
From : Tony Langdon
Date : Wed May 30 2018 13:23:00

-=> andrew clarke wrote to Holger Granholm <=-

 ac> Case sensitivity is something you do adjust to over time.

Yes, it's second nature after 22 years of Linux. :)

 ac> Saying "Linux is case-sensitive" is a bit simplistic. In the case of
 ac> Linux and other UNIX systems, case sensitivity is a function of the
 ac> underlying filesystems provided by the kernel.

That is true, different filesystems behave differently.  If you mount a VFAT or
NTFS partition, the filesystem will remember the case of the filename as saved,
but will match any case (just like Windows does).  And same for Mac HFS.  If
you mount a MS-DOS filesystem, then case is forced, depending on the mount
options.  In the non UNIX filesystems, there's also issues around ownership and
permissions, which are normally specified on the command line.

 ac> This might not be the case for OS/2 where I suspect the case
 ac> insensitivity is in a layer above the IFS drivers.

Probably both, because HPFS is case insensitive under Linux (or was when I was
using it).

 ac> Linux's cousin, OS X, uses the HFS filesystem which by default
 ac> case-insensitive. Typing "curl" or "CURL" or "cUrL" in OS X's Terminal
 ac> will run the same command.

Yes, that takes a little getting used to as well (I used to own a Mac and loved
it). :)


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