Messages in this thread | | | From | "Paul H. Hargrove" <> | Subject | > | Date | Fri, 8 Aug 1997 20:16:11 -0700 (PDT) |
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Chris Smith writes: > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: Msdos name alias patch for 2.1.48 > > On case-insensitive matching rules, I saved the following old mail > that's relevant. I agree with it, and HPFS works this way. The > discussion was on matching rules and filename completion (e.g. in > shell commands and emacs). > > Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 03:42:30 -0700 > From: wing@666.com (Ben Wing) > Subject: Re: linux on HFS? why not HPFS instead? > Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) > > Just my (obviously very opinionated) two cents here ... > > IMHO "case-insensitive but case-preserving" (VFAT does this as well) is an > incredibly broken way of doing things. I had to fix up Win-Emacs to work > on this kind of file system, and I cannot begin to tell you what a pain > in the ass it is to deal with this. (On the other hand, case-insensitive > and not case-preserving, like the standard FAT file system, is much much > easier to deal with.) > > ben > -- > "... then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was > more painful than the risk it took to blossom." -- Anais Nin
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