Date:	Thu, 1 May 1997 19:43:20 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Ben Schollnick <bscholl AT eznet DOT net>
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: A few FS notions
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On Thu, 1 May 1997, Evan Dickinson wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Apr 1997, Benjamin D Chambers wrote:
> 
> [snip]
> > 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.

	I believe the design of HPFS is better in relationship for Case
support.

	HPFS is Case-insensitive for *RETRIEVAL*, but stores the "case"
you type in for the filename...

	In otherwords, when you save the file, your also saving the
filename's case:

	IE:

		"This is a Test"

	would be stored just like that....But any filecomparision's are
case *INSENSITIVE*.

	"This is a test" == "THIS IS A TEST" == "this is a test" 

	Are all the same file.  Even when you save a file, it would all
work the same... (In otherwords, it still checks for the file first, and
only saves "one" case version).

			Benjamin

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