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Subject: Re: Upper/lower case filenames.
From: Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
To: Ron House <house AT usq DOT edu DOT au>
Cc: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
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Date: 09 Aug 2001 12:57:26 +1000
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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

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