Date: Tue, 3 Jun 97 12:38:35 MDT
Message-Id: <9706031838.AA23371@rgfn.epcc.Edu>
From: bd733 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu (Jason M. Daniels)
To: mwebb AT mail DOT enterprise1701 DOT com
Subject: Re: OpenDOS is _already_ case-sensitive?
Cc: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Reply-To: bd733 AT rgfn DOT epcc DOT Edu
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>
>> From:          Roger Ivie <IVIE AT cc DOT usu DOT edu>
>> MORRIS JP wrote:
>> > It seems that at least part of the filesystem is already case-sensitive
>> > internally.  I found this on my HDD the other day:
>> [[[ snip ]]]
>> > MAiN     tXT     7347 28/05/97 16:37 
>> [[[ snip ]]]
>> > Check out MAiN.tXT, (7347 bytes, 28/05/97)
>> >

<snip>

>Another way to do it is use a sector editor and zap the directory 
>entry, converting it to a standard filename. That's how I dealt with 
>a file someone created in Concurrent DOS once which somehow acquired 
>a backslash as the lead character in the filename. But that's brain 
>surgery; be very, very careful and you should probably update your 
>backup first! 

You could also just use a tool fit for the job, like Norton's DiskEdit. 
Mangled filenames are very easy to fix with its directory editor.


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