From: condict AT opengroup DOT org (Michael Condict) Subject: Re: CMD, case-insensitive file-name completion 29 May 1997 18:17:05 -0700 Approved: cygnus DOT gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Distribution: cygnus Message-ID: <199705291423.KAA23215.cygnus.gnu-win32@postman.opengroup.org> X-Authentication-Warning: postman.opengroup.org: Host hare.osf.org [130.105.7.99] didn't use HELO protocol Original-To: RPraetorius AT AspenRes DOT Com Original-cc: Scott DOT Mintz AT po DOT cle DOT ab DOT com (Scott Mintz), gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com, condict AT opengroup DOT org In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 27 May 1997 12:08:11 -0000." Original-Sender: owner-gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com In message , you write: > CMD also has case-insensitive filename completion. I'd also like to note, if we're using other Windows command processors as a precedent, that all of the following command processors have case-insensitive filename completion, and also have case-insensitive file-name pattern matching (i.e. "a*" matches both "abc" and "Alpha"): - NT command processor - 4DOS for NT - MKS UNIX Toolkit Korn Shell Moreover, all of these command processors correct the case as you type the completion character, just like my proposed changes to bash. So bash currently stands alone in not being case-insensitive. I'd say that's more surprising behavior, on a Windows system, than the fact that UNIX users expect case-sensitivity. And while were on the topic of file globbing, can someone please tell me why there are at least three slightly different copies of glob.c spread throughout the source tree? I've modified the one in the bash source tree to do case-insensitivity, but this won't help the find command, for example, and whatever other programs have built-in file- name matching. Michael Condict m DOT condict AT opengroup DOT org The Open Group Research Inst. (617) 621-7349 11 Cambridge Center Cambridge, MA 02142 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".