Hi Tyler, I agreed with you in my post. However, I was not aware that Windows was case sensitive.
TC James On 29 Nov 2009, at 21:23, Tyler Littlefield wrote: > Terminal is not case insensative. Terminal is just the program that is used > to launch bash, application names may be translated differently, but bash is > as case sensative as unix, which is what the mac is running on, essentially. > case sensativity is a big thing when organizing files. Even windows is > sensative, to a point. > On Nov 29, 2009, at 1:42 PM, James & Nash wrote: > >> Hi list, >> Esther wrote: >> Incidentally, although I type the application names with upper and >> lower case letters, terminal is case insensitive, and doesn't care >> whether you capitalize Safari, WebKit, or TextEdit. >> >> This is true, but UNIX itself is case sensitive. Therefore, if you are >> running around the file system in Terminal, take care to make sure that you >> are typing your path names correctly. If there is an error you will not >> reach your destination. >> >> In a way, its a shame that UNIX is case sensitive - MS DOS is not - there is >> no difference between C:\Program Files ... (With the capitals on C Program >> and Files) and c:\program files ... (with no capitals). >> >> Also, if anyone is tempted to delete files or directories from within >> Terminal make sure that you invoke the -i command, this is the small letter >> i preceeded by a dash, which asks you if you wish to continue with your >> action), as once the files are deleted from Terminal they are gone. They >> will not end up in the Trash. If you delete files or directories without >> this option, you will not be asked if you are sure - UNIX will just assume >> that you are. >> >> TC >> >> James >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
