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Subject: Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them
Date: 28 Apr 2025 17:49:48 GMT
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2025 08:00:14 -0700, John Ames wrote:

> On Sun, 27 Apr 2025 10:21:55 +0000 Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:
> 
>> We all should hate case insensitive file systems.
> 
> Why?

Because Makefile is not the same as makefile? I've been burned by that, 
although that might be an argument for case insensitivity. 

Databases are another matter. SQL Server by default is case insensitive 
while DB2 is case sensitive. We always uppercased everything going into 
DB2 so we could find it again rather than messing around at runtime. SQL 
Sever is easier to deal with.