Mail Archives: djgpp/2003/01/29/01:07:24
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Charles Sandmann wrote:
> I see this behavior. For example, "A.vec" exists (A upper case):
>
> C:\>djecho a*.vec A*.vec A*.VEC a*.VEC
> a.vec A.vec A*.VEC a*.VEC
>
> This behavior is not Win2K specific - it also happens on Win98
>
> "B.VEC" exists (all upper case):
>
> C:\>djecho b*.vec B*.vec b*.VEC B*.VEC
> b.VEC B*.vec b*.VEC B.VEC (on Win98, either build)
> B.VEC B*.vec b*.VEC B.VEC (Win2K, v2.03 refresh)
> b.vec B*.vec b*.VEC B.VEC (Win2K, CVS build)
I think this is the intended behavior. The docs of `glob' should
describe it. In particular, file names that fit 8+3 DOS limits (like
B.VEC in this case) are downcased by default.
> It is certainly not what I would expect.
Even after reading the docs? If so, why not? Does setting "FNCASE=y"
change the behavior to something that you like better?
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