-=> andrew clarke wrote to Holger Granholm <=-   
      
    ac> Case sensitivity is something you do adjust to over time.   
      
   Yes, it's second nature after 22 years of Linux. :)   
      
    ac> Saying "Linux is case-sensitive" is a bit simplistic. In the case of   
    ac> Linux and other UNIX systems, case sensitivity is a function of the   
    ac> underlying filesystems provided by the kernel.   
      
   That is true, different filesystems behave differently.  If you mount a VFAT or   
   NTFS partition, the filesystem will remember the case of the filename as saved,   
   but will match any case (just like Windows does).  And same for Mac HFS.  If   
   you mount a MS-DOS filesystem, then case is forced, depending on the mount   
   options.  In the non UNIX filesystems, there's also issues around ownership and   
   permissions, which are normally specified on the command line.   
      
    ac> This might not be the case for OS/2 where I suspect the case   
    ac> insensitivity is in a layer above the IFS drivers.   
      
   Probably both, because HPFS is case insensitive under Linux (or was when I was   
   using it).   
      
    ac> Linux's cousin, OS X, uses the HFS filesystem which by default   
    ac> case-insensitive. Typing "curl" or "CURL" or "cUrL" in OS X's Terminal   
    ac> will run the same command.   
      
   Yes, that takes a little getting used to as well (I used to own a Mac and loved   
   it). :)   
      
      
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