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From: curtis AT pdi DOT com (Curtis Galloway)
Subject: Re: Mixed case filenames patch for ntfs
18 Mar 1998 01:41:34 -0800 :
Message-ID: <350D8EED.53A8BD71.cygnus.gnu-win32@pdi.com>
References: <01BD4F45 DOT 3DA89CC0 AT sos>
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To: Sergey Okhapkin <sos AT buggy DOT prospect DOT com DOT ru>
Cc: "rale66 AT earthlink DOT net" <rale66 AT earthlink DOT net>,
"'Fergus Henderson'" <fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU>,
"gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

Sergey Okhapkin wrote:
> 
> The diff is dangerous :-( How to remove a file case-sensitively?

I agree.  Just give up on having case-sensitivity in NTFS, and let the tools
(like globbing and filename completion in bash) reflect the nature of the
underlying filesystem.  That will make life much easier when using both
gnuwin32 and native win32 applications together.

--Curtis
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