> 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.
Oh, I disagree. Having the fs be sensitive (to the fault you describe) to
cases gives me double the filename possibilities. Additionally, if there
are 3 files in a directory that begin with the letter "M," and the
filesystem is not case sensitive in that way, example:
Makefile
memlook.c
makelib.sh
I can just type M<tab> and get the Makefile right now. The situation you
describe makes that impossible. If you don't use filename completion or
wildcards, then yes, you're wasting time--just don't blame it on the
system. Capitals exist for a reason in Linux.
Justin Dossey
dossey@flex.net houston, tx usa
http://www.flex.net/~dossey