> From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] > Subject: Re: Tomcat 6.0.18 access files case-insensitive > > So apparently Tomcat does not just use the standard Windows > file..open function, it runs additional checks.
Tomcat doesn't use Windows anything, it uses the JRE methods. Underlying those are calls to Windows APIs. Once the File object is created, by default it does check that the requested name exactly matches the found name. > I personally find this paragraph rather obscure It's not obscure, it's wrong; the first sentence is backwards, as you noticed. > Should the first phrase not read > "If the value of this flag is true, all case sensitivity checks will be > *enabled*." Agreed. > I also wonder what the purpose of this attribute really is, in fact. > Should this not always be left to "case sensitive = true" ? Unless you're begging for trouble, or have a really, really sloppy programming staff. > - but under a case-sensitive filesystem, what would be a good reason to > set it to "false" ? Extremely lazy users, or non-browser clients that were badly and inconsistently programmed. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers.
