On Jul 22 18:30, Dave Korn wrote: > No it isn't. NTFS is case *preserving*; neither NTFS nor windoze are case > *sensitive*.
That's only half the truth, though... > I am right that using the //./ notation invokes the NtCreateFile function, > aren't I? I think that's why the syntax works for deleting NUL files and so > on, so it ought to work in this case too, shouldn't it? Nope. It has nothing to do with using NtCreateFile instead of CreateFile. The difference between case preserving and cas sensitive is caused by giving a specific flag to either function: FILE_FLAG_POSIX_SEMANTICS. Needless to say that this only works on file systems supporting case sensitivity. NTFS is such a file system, btw. FAT on the other hand... The problem in using FILE_FLAG_POSIX_SEMANTICS is this: Any other application which doesn't use that flag might get seriously confused by having two files which only differ in case. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Co-Project Leader mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Red Hat, Inc. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
