DosQueryPathInfo with correct case (was: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor)

From	Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.os2.programmer.tools, comp.os.os2.programmer.misc
Subject	DosQueryPathInfo with correct case (was: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor)
Date	2011-07-04 00:44 +0200
Organization	eComStation (OS/2 4.52); mail composed and formatted with EPM editor (http://nepmd.netlabs.org)
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A.D. Fundum wrote:

>> One should be able to detect the case of the S, at least with HPFS
>> and JFS.
>
> As an aside: is there an API or function which consistenly returns
> the case of a directory as-is, with or without the drive letter?
>
> Directory (full path: "D:\Download\Database\Europe\CAC40) with both
> _getcwd and the DosQueryCurrentDir API:
>
>  [D:\download\database\europe\cac40]c:printdir
>  D:\download\database\europe\cac40
>
> But after those steps:
>
>  D:
>  CD \
>  CD Download
>
> The output (and eCS' $p$g-prompt) then isn't "D:\download" but
> "D:\Download"...

A combination of DosQueryPathInfo with DosFind* works for me.
(DosFindNext returns the correct case, so SysFileTree may work as well
for REXX.)

-- 
Andreas Schnellbacher

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Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor Marcel Müller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2011-06-19 12:28 +0200
  Re: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-06-19 15:42 +0200
    Re: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-07-03 16:46 +0200
      DosQueryPathInfo with correct case (was: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor) Andreas Schnellbacher <aschn@despammed.com> - 2011-07-04 00:44 +0200
        Re: DosQueryPathInfo with correct case (was: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor) "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-07-04 11:09 +0200
          Re: DosQueryPathInfo with correct case (was: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor) "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-07-21 22:54 +0200
            Re: DosQueryPathInfo with correct case (was: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor) "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-07-24 12:23 +0200
            Re: DosQueryPathInfo with correct case (was: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor) "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2011-07-24 12:32 +0200
  Re: Force gnu assembler to invoke the preprocessor Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2011-06-19 11:24 -0700

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