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Re: ntfs ObCaseInsensitive & cygwin?


On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 12:42:21PM +1200, Morgan Read wrote:
>Christopher Faylor wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 11:21:45AM +1200, Morgan Read wrote:
>>> 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)?
>...
>
>> Sorry but there are too many strcasecmp's sprinkled throughout cygwin's
>> code to feel confident that it would work well at all.
>
>Huh, you mean cygwin's been written not to take advantage of a case
>sensitive file system even where it exists!?

Cygwin has been written to handle the most mind-bogglingly common case
of a case-insensitive filesystem rather than detecting and special
casing the extremely rare occurrence of an NTFS filesystem with case
sensitivity turned on.

You asked a question and it was answered.  If you want different
behavior you'll have to implement it yourself.

cgf

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