Hello,
Only certain bits are. for example, when typing in files in the command line.

On Nov 29, 2009, at 3:16 PM, James & Nash wrote:

> 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 
>>> 
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