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Author	loewis
Recipients	ijmorlan, loewis, ned.deily
Date	2008-08-01.21:56:14
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Message-id	<1217627775.76.0.0841939589543.issue3485@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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On Windows, case-insensitivity is part of the API, not of the file system. NTFS itself is case-sensitive, and there are case-sensitive subsystems on top of it (e.g. the POSIX subsystem, Interix). Win32, when calling the file system, asks for case-insensitive lookup (which NTFS also supports efficiently). I believe FAT is inherently case-insensitive.

On Windows, case-insensitivity is part of the API, not of the file
system. NTFS itself is case-sensitive, and there are case-sensitive
subsystems on top of it (e.g. the POSIX subsystem, Interix). Win32, when
calling the file system, asks for case-insensitive lookup (which NTFS
also supports efficiently).

I believe FAT is inherently case-insensitive.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2008-08-01 21:56:15	loewis	set	recipients: + loewis, ijmorlan, ned.deily
2008-08-01 21:56:15	loewis	set	messageid: <1217627775.76.0.0841939589543.issue3485@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2008-08-01 21:56:15	loewis	link	issue3485 messages
2008-08-01 21:56:14	loewis	create