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From:	"Elfyn McBratney" <elfyn-cygwin AT exposure DOT org DOT uk>
To:	"cygwin" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>, "David Starks-Browning" <starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
References:	<6375-Mon24Feb2003233631+0000-starksb AT ebi DOT ac DOT uk>
Subject:	Re: gcc problem with filename case insensitivity
Date:	Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:57:38 -0000
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> I have a problem which I realise comes from Windows' being
> case-insensitive with filenames.  Even so, maybe someone here knows
> how to solve it.
>
> Suppose I have this source file:
>
> #include <string.h>
> #include "String.h"
>
> int main() {
>   // some stuff
> }
>
> and I compile with "gcc -Imy/include/dir sourcefile.c" where
> String.h lives in my/include/dir.
>
> GCC uses my/include/dir/String.h to satisfy the <string.h> directive.
>
> Is there any way to get GCC to check case when locating include files?
>
> Interestingly, this used to work in B18!  (Hahaha!)
> Seriously, though, the B18 release announcement has this remark:
>
>    The conflict between String.h and string.h (and other such pairs of
> header files) where you include one and get the other has been fixed.
>
> (describing gcc in the release).
>
> A Google search on "filename case gcc site:cygwin.com" turned up only
> 10 hits, and the B18 release announcement was one of them. :-)
>
> Is there any possibility to get case-sensitive behavior from GCC in
> this respect?


I just tried this with "check_case:strict" in my CYGWIN environment
variable, and that works. It finds /usr/include/string.h and my local
include/String.h .


Regards,

Elfyn McBratney
elfyn AT exposure DOT org DOT uk
www.exposure.org.uk



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