From: sfield AT microsoft DOT com (Scott Field) Subject: RE: getting Perl5 to compile under gnu-win32 5 Nov 1996 00:09:14 -0800 Sender: daemon AT cygnus DOT com Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: Original-To: "'Andy Moreton'" , "'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com'" X-Mailer: Microsoft Exchange Server Internet Mail Connector Version 4.0.994.56 Encoding: 40 TEXT Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com On WinNT, you can use FILE_FLAG_POSIX_SEMANTICS to CreateFile() to get case-sensitive behavior. >-----Original Message----- >From: Andy Moreton [SMTP:ajm AT atml DOT co DOT uk] >Sent: Monday, November 04, 1996 2:22 AM >To: 'gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com' >Subject: Re: getting Perl5 to compile under gnu-win32 > >On Sunday, November 03 Stan Shebs wrote: > >>gmarzot AT baynetworks DOT com (Joe Marzot) writes: >> >>> hints/aux.sh >>> >>> could not be created. I am guessing this has something to do with NT as >>> I could not create a file with this name from the NT command prompt. >> >>Yes, we ran into a similar problem with a GCC source file named aux.h. >>It seems that "aux" is disallowed as a filename. We ended up renaming >>the file to something else. >> >This is a feature of Windows - the DOS device names (CON, AUX, PRN, LPT, COM) >are not allowed as part of a filename, whether you use an extension or not. > >The filesystem does not support case-sensitive filenames either. On NT the >names are stored case-sensitive, but the filesystem APIs are case insensitive >:-( > >HTH > > AndyM >--- >Andy Moreton Advanced Telecommunications Modules >ajm AT atml DOT co DOT uk UK http://www.atml.co.uk/ >Tel +44 1223 566919 USA http://www.atminc.com/ > >- >For help on using this list, send a message to >"gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". - For help on using this list, send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".