From:	condict AT opengroup DOT org (Michael Condict)
Subject:	Re: CMD, case-insensitive file-name completion
29 May 1997 18:17:05 -0700 :
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In message <B0000119176 AT mx1 DOT aspenres DOT com>, you write:
>      CMD also has case-insensitive filename completion.

I'd also like to note, if we're using other Windows command processors
as a precedent, that all of the following command processors have
case-insensitive filename completion, and also have case-insensitive
file-name pattern matching (i.e. "a*" matches both "abc" and "Alpha"):

	- NT command processor
	- 4DOS for NT
	- MKS UNIX Toolkit Korn Shell

Moreover, all of these command processors correct the case as you
type the completion character, just like my proposed changes to bash.

So bash currently stands alone in not being case-insensitive.  I'd say
that's more surprising behavior, on a Windows system, than the fact
that UNIX users expect case-sensitivity.

And while were on the topic of file globbing, can someone please tell
me why there are at least three slightly different copies of glob.c
spread throughout the source tree?  I've modified the one in the bash
source tree to do case-insensitivity, but this won't help the find
command, for example, and whatever other programs have built-in file-
name matching.

Michael Condict			m DOT condict AT opengroup DOT org
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