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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 19:11:22 -0400
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
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Subject: Re: case sensitivity and filenames
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Randall R Schulz wrote:
> At 15:19 2003-05-14, Frank wrote:

>> I found a thread about coolview, do you think this would resolve the 
>> problem...
> 
> 
> I think you should live within the limits of the system you're using. 
> Bucking this is likely only to cause you grief, since it's pretty deeply 
> ingrained.
> 
> Others will have different opinions.
> 
> I don't know what CoolView is, at least not in a context that refers to 
> how alphabetic case for file names is handled.


Coolview is a patched version of an ancient Cygwin DLL (circa B18)
that Sergey Okhapkin kept for a while.  It had some limited capabilities
for creating and using file names in a case-sensitive manner.  It's old
enough to be irrelevant to all but the staunchest of diehards.  Those
interested in the tradeoffsof  case-sensitive tools may find it interesting
to review the email archives on this subject.  But Randall is quite right.
You won't get anything here without some pain and suffering.

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