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Re: Case sensitive filenames
On 27-Jan-1998, Geoffrey Noer <noer@cygnus.com> wrote:
> Pretty much anything we can do to improve ease
> of use under Win32 that doesn't break Unix compatibility is a good thing.
> Changing glob/readline to make it match in a case-insensitive manner
> may fit that category. But I haven't thought through the implications
> of doing this yet...
In that case, how about installing the patch but leaving it case-insensitive
by default. That way your users can test the implications themselves,
by setting the `glob_fold_case' environment variable...
Cheers,
Fergus.
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