Chris Smith writes:
> To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Msdos name alias patch for 2.1.48
>
> On case-insensitive matching rules, I saved the following old mail
> that's relevant. I agree with it, and HPFS works this way. The
> discussion was on matching rules and filename completion (e.g. in
> shell commands and emacs).
>
> Date: Sat, 11 May 1996 03:42:30 -0700
> From: wing@666.com (Ben Wing)
> Subject: Re: linux on HFS? why not HPFS instead?
> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest)
>
> Just my (obviously very opinionated) two cents here ...
>
> IMHO "case-insensitive but case-preserving" (VFAT does this as well) is an
> incredibly broken way of doing things. I had to fix up Win-Emacs to work
> on this kind of file system, and I cannot begin to tell you what a pain
> in the ass it is to deal with this. (On the other hand, case-insensitive
> and not case-preserving, like the standard FAT file system, is much much
> easier to deal with.)
>
> ben
> --
> "... then the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was
> more painful than the risk it took to blossom." -- Anais Nin