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 -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
