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From: mdavis@pro-sol.cts.com (Morgan Davis)
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Subject: Re: P8, lowercase & Sys Disk 5.0
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Date: 23 May 89 14:18:56 GMT
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Network Comment: to #7413 by pnet01!crash!apple.com!dlyons

> I don't know what to do about it, other than recommend that applications
> DESTROY and reCREATE files if they want to allow the user to change
> the capitalization by saving over it.

Perhaps the GS/OS GET_INFO/SET_INFO calls should be expanded to include the
capitalization bits field.  Either that, or applications should do this:

        o  Open/Write
        o  Set EOF
        o  Close
        o  Rename

This should cut back on the amount of disk access that a DESTROY/CREATE
procedure would incur.

This assumes, of course, that using CHANGE_PATH will allow you to change
capitalization bits.  As we know, using:

        RENAME SAMPLE,Sample

will currently give you a "FILE EXISTS" error.  But hopefully GS/OS will allow
this case so that you can change the upper/lower case settings.

--Morgan

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