Jason Linhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/30/02 1:31 PM Stephen Turner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: >> On Wed, 29 May 2002, Klaus Johannes Rusch wrote: >>> >>> CASE INSENSITIVE was the reason indeed, now besides this specific >>> case WIBNI analog would combine TYPEALIAS, similar to the way it >>> combines other aliased values? >> >> The point is that analog never combines aliased values for output- >> time aliases. They're fundamentally intended for annotation. > > One could use input aliases here, instead of output aliases. It would > be a little slower, but probably just a little, but it would get the > desired result. > > Translate *.TXT into *.txt, plus other rules for other possible > capitalizations. Something like: > > FILEALIAS *.TXT *.txt
The problem with that approach is that on servers with case sensitive file systems, .TXT is, as Stephen pointed out, fundamentally different from .txt. If you use input aliases to convert filename.TXT to filename.txt, then links in the Request report will not work. The uppercase/lowercase situation may not be the best illustration of the issue. .html/.htm and .jpeg/.jpg are common examples of situations where a single file type may be listed twice in the file type report. Perhaps the File Type report needs to be heirarchical? Aengus +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | This is the analog-help mailing list. To unsubscribe from this | mailing list, go to | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/unsubscribe.html | | List archives are available at | http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ | http://lists.isite.net/listgate/analog-help/archives/ | http://www.tallylist.com/archives/index.cfm/mlist.7 +------------------------------------------------------------------------
