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Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 10:00:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Evan Dickinson <evand AT wsunix DOT wsu DOT edu>
Reply-To: evand AT scn DOT org
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: A few FS notions
In-Reply-To: <19970430.164428.7559.0.chambersb@juno.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970501094820.20452B-100000@unicorn.it.wsu.edu>
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On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:

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> What I would like to request is:
> - Node tree (versus FAT)
> - Case sensitivity

Not being much of an UNIX user myself, I have to ask:  Why is a case
sensitive filesystem an advantage?  I get frustrated when *.zip won't
match SOMETHING.ZIP; I'm sure lots of other DOS users would, too.

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