I'd imagine they avoided making file paths case insensitive because *nix allows you to have 2 or more separate files or directories named Application, APPLICATION and AppliCATioN. I've never really understood why this is considered a feature. In any event, the application server wouldn't have any way of knowing which file or directory to use -- whether this naming scheme is good practice or not.
Thanks for the info re: slashes. > With CF 5 and CFMX it doesn't seem to matter which type of > slash you use > in directory paths as CF seems to know how to handle it on > whatever OS > you deployed. I think this is a good thing as it abstracts > the file > system for you. I also think it should do the same thing > for the case of > files, but alas it doesn't. > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > 888-408-0900 x901 >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:sean@;corfield.org] >> Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 10:52 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: Linux & Solaris file paths >> >> On Tuesday, Oct 22, 2002, at 19:20 US/Pacific, S. Isaac >> Dealey wrote: >> > Quick question for anyone using *nix and / or Apache. >> > >> > Using IIS on a windows server, file paths can be >> > specified in > <cffile> >> > and >> > <cfdirectory> using / or \ interchangeably. I'm >> > guessing this isn't >> > true for >> > *nix servers, but I wanted to verify this before I put >> > a ton of work >> > into a >> > modification that may not be necessary to support *nix >> > servers. >> >> I'm not sure about the \/ issue (I'd expect only / to be >> supported) > but >> you will also need to be aware of case sensitivity - >> we've adopted a >> "lowercase only" filename policy (with two notable >> exceptions: >> Application.cfm and OnRequestEnd.cfm) for *all* filenames >> associated >> with the system. >> >> "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really >> alive." >> -- Margaret Atwood >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sideb > ar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these > lists and provide more resources for the community. > http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Isaac Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
