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Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 16:20:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Frank <frannk_m1 AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: case sensitivity and filenames
To: lhall AT rfk DOT com, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
In-Reply-To: <3EC2CD1A.2010307@rfk.com>
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Ok, you convinced me. It's time to put my good ole trusty 6.2
red hat linux box back online...
--- "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc.)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com> wrote:
> 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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