Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 5 May 1996 02:59:43 +0000 ( ) | From | Justin Dossey <> | Subject | Re: linux on HFS? why not HPFS instead? |
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On Fri, 3 May 1996, Mark Lehrer wrote:
> of course, the best thing would be to finally have a standard > non-case-sensitive file system on unix. preservation of case > is important, but being case-sensitive when looking up a file > is a serious time waster.
Oh, I disagree. Having the fs be sensitive (to the fault you describe) to cases gives me double the filename possibilities. Additionally, if there are 3 files in a directory that begin with the letter "M," and the filesystem is not case sensitive in that way, example: Makefile memlook.c makelib.sh
I can just type M<tab> and get the Makefile right now. The situation you describe makes that impossible. If you don't use filename completion or wildcards, then yes, you're wasting time--just don't blame it on the system. Capitals exist for a reason in Linux.
Justin Dossey dossey@flex.net houston, tx usa http://www.flex.net/~dossey
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