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From: jeffw@pro-gateway.cts.com (Jeff Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Two GS/OS questions
Message-ID: <6574@crash.cts.com>
Date: 28 Dec 90 17:16:15 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from benji@euler.Berkeley.EDU

> The latest versions of GS/OS allow uppercase and lowercase filenames, but
> older operating systems still see the filenames as all uppercase.  Where
> is the UC/LC information stored?

The case of the letters in the filename are stored in what used to be the
version and min-version fields of the file entry.  Now that we finally have a
change to the ProDOS file system and can use the version & min-version field,
we don't have it anymore!  How's that for handy and planning ahead?!?!

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