X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:06:53 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: ntfs ObCaseInsensitive & cygwin? Message-ID: <20070731000653.GA1092@ednor.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 11:21:45AM +1200, Morgan Read wrote: >Hi Folks > >Lots of refs to the case sensitivity nightmare in archives, but couldn't >find any to ntfs' obcaseinsensitive registry option >(HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\kernel\ >dword:ObCaseInsensitive see here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/817921) > >So, does anyone know: >* If this provides case sensitivity to cygwin (as it seems to to >SFU/Interix)? >* If this works on XP Home?... >* If it's necessary to install SFU/Interix to give it effect? >* If it applies to the whole file system or just the Interix "Subsystem" >(if that's a file system thing)? >* If there's a way to query the system to see if it "thinks" it's >working?... Sorry but there are too many strcasecmp's sprinkled throughout cygwin's code to feel confident that it would work well at all. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/