Date:	Sun, 4 May 1997 23:08:21 -0400 (EDT)
From:	"Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
Reply-To:	"Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca>
To:	jamesl AT albany DOT net
cc:	Ben Schollnick <bscholl AT eznet DOT net>, opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: A few FS notions
In-Reply-To:	<199705020030.UAA19370@keeper.albany.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.LNX.3.95.970504230647.9064D-100000@capslock.com>
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On Thu, 1 May 1997, Jim Lefavour wrote:

> > 	"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
> In that matter, you could use ext2 (which is definately freely 
> available) and create the search function so that it is 
> case-insensitive, either by default or by command line switch...

Yes, we definately want EXT2 under DOS!!!!  FULL BLOWN TOO!!!!!!
With symlinks and the whole nine yards!  ext2 is expandable.
Read the ext2 documentation.  It is very extensible and I believe
that it could do all that Tim has suggested and more, and without
being a messy filesystem hack.

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