Subject: Re: cache_*() case-insensitive searching
To: Ignatios Souvatzis <ignatios@cs.uni-bonn.de>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/16/1999 16:07:11
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 10:13:03AM +0200, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
> > Just a though - is it worth the efford ? It's pretty uncommon
> > people would use file name with other-than-"right" case.
> 
> This happens all the time on AmigaDOS file systems.
> I've seen lha archives with freeware, were half the stuff is in a
> subdirectory packagename, and half in Packagename or PACKAGENAME, which
> (of course) is meant to be the same.

Also, we wont' be getting the semantics "right" if we don't. :-)

Take care,

Bill