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From: std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman)
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Subject: Re: Case sensitive file names
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Date: Mon, 3-Nov-86 14:32:55 EST
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From: guy@sun.com (Guy Harris)
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 86 00:54:24 PST

> I would like to point out one small but very useful advantage with
> case sensitive filenames.
> In a directory containing many files its difficult to spot files
> with names like makefile, readme and instructions. Given the names
> Makefile, Readme and Instructions these files will appear first
> in the listing where they are easy to find.

This is an advantage of file systems that permit both upper-case and
lower-case letters in file names.  File systems with case-sensitive file
names, and file systems with case-insensitive file names, can both permit
two cases of letters in file names.

[ Perhaps the third kind is called case-coercing? -mod ]

Volume-Number: Volume 8, Number 19