Which is why I think that if CF can't fully abstract the case issue then it should fully support the semantics of the given file system.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:info@;turnkey.to] > Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 11:37 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Linux & Solaris file paths > > 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
