Imagine extending case sensitivity to font sensitivity. If the file system allowed file names to be font sensitive, so that font characteristics like bold, italics, underline, color, etc. made a difference. Then foo [in blue], foo [in red], foo [in green] would be different files. Just think how expressive the user's file names could be. Allowing the user specify the font characteristics to be used when displaying/listing file names might be strange, but requiring font characteristics to match in order to manipulate a file would be a nightmare in Technicolor.
With that insanity in mind, I'm happy with a file system that keeps my case intact when it displays my files names, but does not force me to use the same case to manipulate my files (that's expressive enough for me). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
