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Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ?

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On 2014-02-07, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> In message <barmar-6D922D.11245706022014@news.eternal-september.org> 
>   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.
>
> HEAD and head are UNIX commands. Different UNIX commands. It can be am
> issue when compiling source code on a case-preserving system like OS X
> when the code is expecting a case sensitive system to distinguish HEAD
> from head.

You're referring to the Perl LWP module "HEAD" utility, I take it. That
"HEAD" and the BSD "head" utility are *not* in the same directory. So
the utterly simple fix for this minor problem is to specify the full
path to the utility, which is a best practice anyway. Problem easily
solved with a best practice. Again, you will encounter many more issues
(some far more serious and hard to fix) running case-sensitive file
systems.

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DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? "Niels S. Eliasen" <nse@delfi-konsult.com> - 2014-02-05 21:20 +0000
  Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-05 21:48 +0000
    Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-05 22:55 +0000
      Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-05 23:05 +0000
        Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-06 13:40 +0000
          Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-06 16:17 +0000
            Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-07 04:23 +0000
          Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-02-06 11:24 -0500
            Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-06 16:42 +0000
              Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? "Niels S. Eliasen" <nse@delfi-konsult.com> - 2014-02-06 17:48 +0000
                Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-06 18:00 +0000
                Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? android <here@there.was> - 2014-02-06 19:23 +0100
                Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-06 16:04 -0500
            Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-07 04:27 +0000
              Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-07 16:50 +0000
  Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-05 17:11 -0500
  Re: DivX and CaSeSeNsItIvE filesystems ? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-05 22:54 +0000

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