Attention: RANT LEVEL set to 7. On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 09:11:24PM +0200, petter wahlman wrote: > So, why are 'linux' filesystems case sensitive? I think the question is "Why is Windows case insensitive" ? Last time I checked with my language teacher (no matter what language), "A" and "a" are not the same. So, we can reframe your question as "Why do we have different cases for the same letter of the alphabet ?". In that case, I really can't answer. As for Linux, that is the way Unix is since the beginning, in the 60's. And Linux is a Unix-like derivative. Other exemples include Solaris, AIX, Irix, MacOSX, FreeBSD, bsd386, NetBSD, SunOS etc. > Having two files or directories that only differ by case is IMO wrong, > but should at least be controlable with a generic mount option. Just becouse you don't like something does not make it wrong. I, for one, use different cases for different functionalities. Lets say I have a datafile (data.dat) I want to disable, but want to know what this file is. I simply rename it to data.DAT, or Data.dat. The application will not use it anymore, and I still know the correct name. That is one of several possible uses. You see, most people want to be able to control what a program (application, OS etc) do, and not just put some crap in and hope the program will work it's way. Old computer proverb: Garbage in, garbage out. If you need to conver filename, you can easily do it with a onliner. Same for file references inside a Makefile or anything else. -- Rodrigo Barbosa - rodrigob at tisbrasil.com.br TIS - Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" - http://www.tisbrasil.com.br/ Brainbench Certified -> Transcript ID #3332104 -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
