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Re: Question about bash and case sensitive exports
- To: gnu-win32 <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Question about bash and case sensitive exports
- From: Tomas Fasth <tomas dot fasth at twinspot dot net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 22:26:08 +0100
- Organization: EuroNetics Operation
- References: <2.2.32.19971123192213.00963010@ma.ultranet.com>
I got a hint that a possible DOS compatibility fix in cygwin.dll is the
cause for my problem. Am I the only one experiencing problems because of
this minor (POSIX?) incompatibility?
Does lower-case variable names in the DOS environment break existing DOS
programs? I'm not very happy with a situation were ancient DOS
restrictions is overruling compatibility with an environment which
cygwin32 are suppose to emulate in an as seamless as possible manner
(i.e. Unix).
I might look deeper into a possible solution. A good compromise seem to
be if compatibility with both environments could be uphold. I have an
idea of keeping record of non-DOS variables separately and provide them
when asked for by programs linked with cygwin.dll.
Is this something the gnu-win32 community want to have fixed?
Tomas
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