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Subject: Re: Command line wildcard expansion under Win2K
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> From: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 22:44:10 CST
> 
> The module which controls this is
>  djgpp/src/libc/posix/glob/glob.c
> It's included in the djlsr203.zip
> 
> Look at the variable "caseless" (in particular where it is set when the
> name has upper case characters and use_lfn).

I wish it were that simple, but it isn't.  The ``when-to-downcase''
issue pops up in other places, not just in `glob'.  `readdir',
`getcwd', and `_fixpath' are 3 other prominent places.  I think they
all need to be changed to support whatever alternative match
strategies you want to introduce.  If you change `glob', but leave the
other functions unchanged, it's possible you will have strange
problems in this area.  For example, GNU Make uses `glob' and
`readdir' internally, so these two should be in agreement as far as
file-name letter-case is concerned..