Re: [Issue 1495] - Case sensitivity problem using file: on Windows

Jack Repenning wrote:
> I've never done any of this, but I understand that recent Windows
> systems (?since NT4?) can enable "Posix file system mode," which
> includes case sensitivity. I also understand that this breaks lots of
> Windows programs, since they were bred and born case-insensitive. But I
> wonder if you can't create a non-boot drive that's POSIX, so long as
> you're happy with using only case-sensitive-capable tools on it. Like,
> say, Subversion.

I don't think you should recommend this. While it is true that M$loth
implemented enough of POSIX 1003.1-1990 (POSIX.1) to claim basic compatibility,
it is apparently very easy to accidently trash your file system. Only the POSIX
tools themselves (which have not been developed since they were first released
with NT4 Resource Tool Kit I believe) support directory entries with POSIX
enabled. None of the system libraries support POSIX, so anyone turning this on
would be unable to access the drive in any way except via the very primative
(and slow) POSIX tools.

The following M$loth KB entry is also quite scary:

        http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q246/0/26.ASP

Anyone requiring a case-sensitive filesystem should not use NTFS...

John

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