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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 23:47:56 -0400
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Subject: Re: umsdos lookup  for cygwin
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In-Reply-To: <20001014034440.9972.qmail@softhome.net>; from etoffi@softhome.net on Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 03:44:39AM +0000

On Sat, Oct 14, 2000 at 03:44:39AM +0000, etoffi AT softhome DOT net wrote:
>
>
>what do you think about letting cygwin read directories like the umsdos
>system does in linux?
>
>that would allow:
>
>1) case sensitivity
>2) quicker resolving of (soft)links
>3) no more scanning (for #!/bin/bash, etc and std MZ headers)

I've thought about doing this from time to time.  It would also allow
setting executable bits and symlinks on samba partitions.

If you'd like to work on providing a patch, I'll be very interested
in getting it into cygwin.

Christopher Faylor
Cygwin Engineering Manager

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