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From:	"Jim Lefavour" <jamesl AT mail DOT albany DOT net>
To:	opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Date:	Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:23:04 +0000
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Subject:	[opendos] Potential serious FS problem
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I just realized - whatever FS we use, we have to be careful.  Most 
DOS programs expect filenames to be uppercase, and many are written 
so that filenames are all treated that way - if we introduce a 
case-sensitive fs, we may BREAK many programs, however, as files may 
be installed  in varied case (some lower, some upper, etc. )

How can this problem be avoided?  Should we disable case sensitivity 
in our fs?  We are trying to maintain compatibility with dos 
software, after all... :)

Just a quick thought.

Jim

jamesl AT albany DOT net or http://www.albany.net/~jamesl/

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