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Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 1.7.19
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at freemail dot ru>
- To: Nick Lowe <nick dot lowe at gmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2013 17:10:18 +0400
- Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: Cygwin 1.7.19
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- Reply-to: Andrey Repin <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
Greetings, Nick Lowe!
> I notice you are still reading in obcaseinsensitive in cygcheck.cc but
> this value is no longer used in Cygwin as you have dropped Windows
> 2000 support.
> Would it make sense to change the code there to show the actual state
> of case sensitivity?
Nick, was it you, who wrote this article?
http://www.nicklowe.org/2012/02/understanding-case-sensitivity-in-windows-obcaseinsensitive-file_case_sensitive_search/
Thanks for it, if so.
But the more frustrating it makes your post, as article clearly states, that
> It turns out that there are two parts to this. Firstly, a single setting
> that controls case sensitivity on system-wide basis, obcaseinsensitive, and
> then, assuming that case sensitive operation is supported, file system
> support on a per-volume basis.
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WBR,
Andrey Repin (anrdaemon@freemail.ru) 07.06.2013, <17:03>
Sorry for my terrible english...
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