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Re: Case sensitivity on sftp servers



On  7 Sep 2003 Dan O'Reilly <dano%process.com@localhost> wrote:

> At 08:20 PM 9/7/2003, Martin Pool wrote:
> >So with case sensitivity on
> >
> >   OPEN("README", WRITE|CREAT|EXCL|CASE_INSENSITIVE)
> >
> >in a directory containing "readme" ought to fail with
> >FILE_ALREADY_EXISTS even on a case-sensitive filesystem, and
> >
> >   OPEN("README", READ|CASE_SENSITIVE)
> >
> >in a directory containing "readme" ought to fail with NO_SUCH_FILE
> >even on a case-insensitive filesystem?
> 
> No, it wouldn't necessarily do so on VMS, which supports multiple
> versions of files.

How would it behave on VMS, sensei?

> Think outside the box, Grasshopper...<grin>

-- 
Martin 



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