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Re: ntfs ObCaseInsensitive & cygwin?
- From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-use-the-mailinglist-please at cygwin dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:06:53 -0400
- Subject: Re: ntfs ObCaseInsensitive & cygwin?
- References: <f8lro4$35m$1@sea.gmane.org>
- Reply-to: 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.
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