Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/19/15:21:14
Jim Lefavour wrote:
>
> 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... :)
>
That's what rename (move, whatever) is for.
However, there could be an api call to enable/disable case sensitivity,
or it could be an install/compile option.
Anyway, any non dos file system itself is not compatable with many dos
programs, so why worry?
Bill
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