Re: linux on HFS? why not HPFS instead?

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@freya.yggdrasil.com)
4 May 1996 23:50:35 GMT

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> of course, the best thing would be to finally have a standard
> non-case-sensitive file system on unix. preservation of case
> is important, but being case-sensitive when looking up a file
> is a serious time waster.
>=20

IEEE 1003.1-1990 section B.2.3.5, pages 209f.

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