Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Subject: Re: Upper/lower case filenames. From: Robert Collins To: Ron House Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com In-Reply-To: <3B71FE17.8B11FEA@usq.edu.au> References: <3B71FE17.8B11FEA@usq.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Evolution/0.12 (Preview Release) Date: 09 Aug 2001 12:57:26 +1000 Message-Id: <997325846.19767.5.camel@robertlinux> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 09 Aug 2001 02:57:59.0963 (UTC) FILETIME=[193FC6B0:01C1207F] On 09 Aug 2001 03:05:59 +0000, Ron House wrote: > Having just tried Cygwin, I notice that 8.3 filenames which are taken to > be lower case under Linux are taken as upper case under Cygwin. This > means that scripts such as "cp *.cpp ..." and makefiles don't work > unless edited. Is there any reason for this design choice? Ron, you haven't provided _any_ detail about how you are accessing the 8.3 named files - over the network/a fat partition that you have and access via dual boot/some other thing. In fact you haven't provided enough detail for a cygwin developer (me) to say that you are discussing a design choice, and not a implementation choice of yours! Rob -- _____________________________ Robert Collins CEO IT Domain Pty Limited Your Application Solution Partner 02 9476 4223 Mobile: 0414 693 367 www.itdomain.com.au _____________________________ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/