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Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 13:27:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: Compatibility problem: Cygwin make and makefile filename case
To: Frank Ellert <fe AT koma DOT free DOT de>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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--- Frank Ellert <fe AT koma DOT free DOT de> wrote:
> 
> Sorry, I'm no MS-Windows expert.  All I can tell you:
> 
>   a) If you call a makefile "Makefile", zip and unzip it on Windows
>      98, DJGPP ls shows it as "Makefile" and Cygnus make finds it.
>      All fine.
> 
>   b) If you call a makefile "makefile", zip and unzip it on Windows
>      98, DJGPP ls shows it as "makefile" but Cygnus make doesn't find
>      it.  Trouble.  (DJGPP make finds it.)
> 
> In b) dir shows the file as "MAKEFILE".  You can of course rename the
> file to "makefile" ("mv MAKEFILE foo; mv foo makefile") and then
> Cygnus make is able to find it.
> 

So, if I had a Cygwin compatible unarchiver would it name the file makefile
instead of MAKEFILE?  Most likely, yes.  The real issue here is the means by
which you unarchive the file.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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