On Apr 12, 2009, at 11:54 PM, msalmonse wrote:
> > On Apr 12, 9:52 pm, kerri miller <ke...@vholdr.com> wrote: >> On Apr 12, 2009, at 11:27 AM, bigbadotis wrote: >> >> >> >>> Today I changed some filenames to have lowercase letters instead of >>> uppercase. When I launched Versions, it showed the files as >>> missing. I >>> deleted the broken aliases with the intent of adding the new files. >> >>> But Versions then went ahead and actually deleted the files that it >>> had previously claimed it couldn't find. >> >> Working in the web world, I'm constantly annoyed by the Mac not >> understanding that capitalized versions of letters are NOT the same >> as >> their lower-case counterparts :S > > I started working with web servers in 1993 and I have never > encountered a web server that ignored the case of a file name. Of > course I am also one of those that feel that life is too short for > IIS. Windows reveals it's CP/M origins in ignoring case, something > that I have never understood. Don't know what to tell ya - the LAMP stack on my MacPro ignores file case. Annoying, but I've never bother to investigate or fix it. *shrug* (1993? Which month? You /might/ have more experience than I ;) ) >>> >>> Basically, if it says that it can't find a file in the GUI, Versions >>> shouldn't be able to then go and delete a file that has the same >>> name >>> with different capitalization off your hard drive. They're not >>> even in >>> the trash. Just gone. >> >> My guess is that this is an OS issue this might be gruesome to code >> defensively for. > > Not my guess. Ok... so besides waving your e-penis, do you /have/ a suggestion for this user? -k- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to versions@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to versions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
