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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:23:52 -0400
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: cygwin 1.5.0 managed mode & backward compatibility
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On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 10:12:09AM +0200, Pavel Rozenboim wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 01:48:28PM +0200, Pavel Rozenboim wrote:
>> directories (/,/usr/bin,
>> >/usr/lib) in managed mode. Now I can't access files that 
>> have a capital
>> >letters that were created before upgrade to 1.5.0. 
>> 
>> *exactly*
>> 
>> Don't do that.  Do not use managed mode on your old 
>> directories.  It is
>> called "managed" for a reason.  Cygwin wants to manage all 
>> file creations.
>> So, the only way to use it is to create an empty directory, mount it
>> as managed, and then populate it with files.
>
>Do you have any plans to provide backward/windows compatibility for managed
>mode? 

No.  None whatsoever.

cgf

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