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Date:	Fri, 26 Jan 2001 14:54:41 -0500
From:	Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
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To:	Reid Thompson <RThompso AT ateb DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: cat HelloDate.java >hellodate.java fails with cat HelloDate.java:
	input file is output file
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Reid Thompson wrote:
> 
>  A question...
> 
>  /home/rthompso/JAVA>cat HelloDate.java >hellodate.java
>  cat: HelloDate.java: input file is output file
> 
> 
>  Is this proper behavior?( I do not believe it is).  

For the file systems that M$ has chosen to use, yes, it is proper
behavior.  Filenames are case insensitive though case preserving so
HelloDate.jave == hellodate.java == HELLODATE.JAVA == etc.

Earnie.

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