At 00:54 2013-08-31, Alan Bourke <[email protected]> wrote:
On Fri, Aug 30, 2013, at 09:35 PM, Paul McNett wrote:
> On 8/29/13 11:54 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
> > Windows file naming has been broken since they went beyond the 8-dot-3
> > rule. Windows is supposedly case-insensitive, but it won't leave the case
> > as you set it.
>
> Once again, Apple got this right. Their case-insensitive file system
> actually
> preserves the case, it just isn't sensitive to case when searching. And
> of course
> it'll overwrite a file that already exists with the same insensitive
> name.
>
> This really isn't rocket science.
Truly.
This bug is really silly.
BTW, you can rename files changing the case:
echo hello>HELLO
dir shows filename HELLO
ren hello Hello
dir shows filename Hello
[snip]
This is how Windows works, and people are not clamouring for change as
far as I can see. If that doesn't suit how *nix likes to handle files,
Of course not. Until one runs into the problem, one does not
know it exists.
well as they say in Russia - toughski. That's what we have experts like
us guys for.
I would rather be an expert at solving substantial computer
problems than an expert at solving filename case problems and other
workarounds.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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