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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ?
Date: 6 Feb 2014 16:42:12 GMT
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On 2014-02-06, Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> In article <slrnlf746p.273m.g.kreme@amelia.local>,
>  Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>
>> In message <blfue3F7atjU1@mid.individual.net> 
>>   Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> > On 2014-02-05, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> >> In message <blfptpF6ctvU1@mid.individual.net> 
>> >>   Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>> >>> On 2014-02-05, Niels S. Eliasen <nse@delfi-konsult.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hello
>> >>>> Anyone that knows how to fix the problems with DivX 
>> >>>> and casesensitive file systems ?
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Apart from getting DiX to fix this..... 
>> >>
>> >>> Why bother with a case sensitive file system to begin with?
>> >>
>> >> Well, there's HEAD and head, for one.
>> 
>> > What's your point?
>> 
>> They're different, which is an issue on case-preserving filesystems. A
>> small issue, to be sure, but still an issue.
>
> But why would you need to use both filenames in the same directory? 
> That's the only benefit you gain from having a case-sensitive file 
> system.

Indeed. And when you weigh that tiny benefit with the larger and more
numerous drawbacks, it's clear that case sensitive file systems probably
aren't worth the trouble on Mac OS X.

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