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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Rationale for aligning data on even bytes in a Unix shell file?
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 01:07:54 -0000 (UTC)
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On Wed, 7 May 2025 05:08:03 -0500, BGB wrote:

> Ideally, filesystems should be case sensitive by default;
> If someone wants case insensitivity, this can be better handled at the 
> application or file-browser level.

Even Linux has given in on this. The widely-used ext4 filesystem has an 
option for case-insensitivity, which, once enabled for a volume, can be 
activated on a per-directory basis.