Subject: Re: POSIX semantics?
From: [email-masked] (Paul Prescod)

26 Jul 1997 13:56:32 -0700
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Jason Zions wrote:
> 
> > Even NT Posix
> > subsystem does not allows case-sensitive directory names :-(
> 
> Incorrect. The NT POSIX subsystem, as shipped by MS, does allow the
> creation of case-sensitive directory names, as does the OpenNT POSIX
> subsystem. At least for local NTFS and FAT partitions; the SMB
> redirectors have a nasty habit of being case-insensitive regardless of
> what NT asks for.

Does that mean that in the POSIX subsystem I can create files name Foo,
FOO and foo in the same directory?

 Paul Prescod
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