Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/12/17/09:48:37
Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
> In article <38594CD2 DOT 5034DA6F AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com> you wrote:
> > I am using djgpp under NT and it works fine. I have found one thing that
> > is a problem. DJGPP is case sensitive.
>
> That almost certainly cannot be the case. DJGPP cannot be case
> sensitive, since *DOS* is not case-sensitive, to begin with.
Then why is DJGPP use / instead of \ to indicate a directory, DOS does not.
DJGPP takes things from the UNIX world into DOS.
> > I had installed djgpp under 98,
> > then I copied the files over to a drive with NT installed. When I did this
> > all the filenames were lowercase and djgpp worked great.
>
> In what other situation did it *not* work that greatly? My guess would
> be you didn't follow the readme.1st advice regarding the choice of
> unzipper for unpacking DJGPP under NT, leading to long filename
> problems.
>
I used pkunzip first, then winzip, then the copying method. For some reason
both pkunzip and winzip left the names all upercase and would not work.
>
> --
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.
Wayne Moorefield
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