A UNIX system that is not case sensitive doesn't sound like a UNIX system to me.. I wonder what else Apple is going to change in UNIX, soon we'll be cd \etc\httpd
It already has. Panther has stuck new users with bash instead of tcsh -- a very nasty, annoying and undocumented change. Drives support folks crazy since the default can't be changed.
BTW, does anyone recommend something different than HFS+ to avoid this very annoying thingy ?
Get a copy of OS X Server (Panther)'s install CD and format the disk as Case Sensitive. (This is supposedly different from the old UFS option, but I haven't tried it, so I can't say for certain. )
Supposedly, then you can simply install the Client without reformatting the disk and it "just works."
At this point, the case sensitive file system is supported for OS X Server only, and then primarily for the purpose of supporting things like NSF file systems exported to real Unix boxes.
There ARE problems and issues.
One that I am aware of has to do with Retrospect -- it assumes a case insensitive file system. So if you have "HEAD" and "head" only one copy winds up on the tape.
Fortunately BRU is now available for OSX... unfortunately, it is still "enterprise priced." They are supposedly working on a "personal edition" license as they have for assorted other *nix systems, but it does not exist yet.
"Obviously," any command-line unix tool will deal with the case sensitive file system correctly. However, since I haven't had a chance to try it out yet, I don't know what the finder and other GUI oriented apps will do.
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