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Re[4]: CaSe insensetive OS not handled well

From: Flex <flex_at_datecs.bg>
Date: 2005-08-23 18:04:58 CEST

> No, it's a huge difference. Mac OS X is not case insensitive. Some
> filesystems are, but the OS is not. What that means in real world
> terms is that I can (and sometimes do) have both case sensitive and
> insensitive filesystems mounted at the same time. Thus, a case
> sensitivity setting cannot be client wide or OS wide. It needs to be
> confined to a much smaller area, either the repository or some subset
> of it.

Yes, you can, although it is not the common case, you can. I'm not
saying it should be done per OS or something, just a way the sever is
notified about if the current client at the current time wants case
sensitive (default) or case insensitive compares. The client can do it
based on the filesystem the file in question is, no matter

> Dave

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