From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11540 invoked by alias); 8 Mar 2010 13:29:15 -0000 Received: (qmail 11531 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Mar 2010 13:29:14 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail16.tpgi.com.au (HELO mail16.tpgi.com.au) (203.12.160.231) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:29:09 +0000 X-TPG-Abuse: host=123-243-74-63.tpgi.com.au; ip=123.243.74.63; date=Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:29:06 +1100; auth=+xHq3JwZYadZIHPPIIXj7mLD3QUfH+89GYY2HvrLPHs= Received: from [10.1.1.7] (123-243-74-63.tpgi.com.au [123.243.74.63]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail16.tpgi.com.au (envelope-from helium@shaddybaddah.name) (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o28DT5jN008056 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:29:06 +1100 Message-ID: <4B94FB9E.5080508@shaddybaddah.name> Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:29:00 -0000 From: Shaddy Baddah User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-GB; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com Subject: Re: managed mounts. hindsight sadness at their departure References: <4B90817E.5020309@shaddybaddah.name> <4B9089A2.5070707@redhat.com> <4B909067.8050409@shaddybaddah.name> <20100305093553.GH7980@calimero.vinschen.de> In-Reply-To: <20100305093553.GH7980@calimero.vinschen.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List Mail-Followup-To: cygwin-talk@cygwin.com X-SW-Source: 2010-q1/txt/msg00062.txt.bz2 Hi, On 5/03/2010 9:35 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Mar 5 05:02, Shaddy Baddah wrote: >> On 5/03/2010 4:33 AM, Eric Blake wrote: >>> Request case sensitivity from windows, and you have that feature back. >> >> http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-casesensitive >> [...] >> Many thanks for pointing it out. I was completely unaware that Windows >> was capable of case sensitive file naming. I must admit that my >> entrenched views of Windows capabilities in this area make me a little >> bit apprehensive of possible side-effects to turning this on. In your >> experience, are there any? > > I'm using it all the time and have no problems, but, still, Win32 > applications have no idea what to do with 2 files only differing > by case. Best you keep directories with such files separate. > >> Of course, I will still try it anyway. > > That's the spirit! Of course, this has worked a treat. Thanks again Eric and Corinna and all the patient cygwin-talk'ers. Regards, Shaddy