No no, I meant GLOBALLY: no filenames on the planet should ever have been case-sensitive! Nobody sane would ever name two files "Foo" and "FOO", so it's just stupid. I keep asking *ix folks about this--have for 40 years--and all insist "It's good" without ever being able to justify it.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Schwab Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2025 3:48 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IRXJCL oddity Mixed case use has been used, so must account for reads and deletes. On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM Paul Gilmartin < [email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:00:51 -0400, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >If true, I'm gonna assume this is some C thing related to a null > [terminated] string. Agreed seems beyond stupid! > > > I know your prejudice, but don't misattribute things such as this to > it. > > >Which is on my time machine list: go back and stop them from ever > >using > that horrible convention (along with EBCDIC/ASCII and *ix case > sensitivity). > > > Such an accommodation should be made at the lowest level so all > facilities may most simply exploit it. > > Please submit an Idea that STOW, BLDL, and Catalog Services be made > case insensitive, > > But remember: <https://www.hyrumslaw.com/> > > -- > gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
