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On 6/21/11 4:37 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:11:41 -0700, Peter Duniho
> <NpOeStPeAdM@NnOwSlPiAnMk.com>  wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> Speaking of "shoddy", some might consider it "shoddy" to call the
>> _operating system_ "case-insensitive" when in fact it's the _file
>> system_ that is case-insensitive.
>
>       Please do not nitpick.

I have been known to nitpick, but making a distinction between operating 
system and file system is far from that.

> [...]
>            Search for the name in the case-insensitive filesystem.

You've already got a problem right there, since it's not really up to 
Java to decide whether it's dealing with a case-sensitive file system or 
not.  It shouldn't care.

>            if number of files found=0
>               throw file not found
>            else if number of files found=1
>               run the file found (regardless of case)

And you've got a problem there too: the name provided by the user is a 
_Java_ name, and the language _is_ case-sensitive.  It's an 
implementation error for Java to behave in a case-insensitive way.

>            else
>               {
>               Is one of the filename a match case-sensitively?
>               if yes
>                  run that matching file
>               else
>                  throw ambiguous name
>               }

See above.