Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 03:09:09 -0300 (GMT-0300)
From: Roberto Alsina <ralsina AT ultra7 DOT unl DOT edu DOT ar>
To: John Fremlin <dfremlin AT facstaff DOT wisc DOT edu>
cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Case sensitive filesystem
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On Sat, 10 May 1997, John Fremlin wrote:

> I've changed the thread name from "Re: BIG suggestion for OpenDOS
> features" which was a bit misleading.  
> 
> "Mike A. Harris" <mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca> typed:
> [snip, file system controversy]
> >
> >Well, then you wouldn't enable case sensitivity on the new
> >filesystem, or else you'd use FAT, or some other filesystem.  I
> >on the other hand would have the option of full case sensitivity,
> >and I would use it too.
> >
> 
> How would this be implemented?
> Pardon my filesystem ignorance, but wouldn't dir, move, copy and
> almost any other file util for FAT be very different code from
> the versions for ext2 or whatever?

No, that's where the VFS comes in.

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