[clug] case-insensitive file system
Michael Still
mikal at stillhq.com
Wed Jun 16 01:51:24 GMT 2004
Kim Holburn wrote:
>
> On 2004 Jun 16, , at 10:54 AM, David Gibson wrote:
>> No, it's really not a trivial task in userspace. The only way to do a
>> case-insensitve lookup from userspace is list and scan the entire
>> directory manually. Ugly and slow.
>
> Well I was initially thinking of some kind of samba export and remount.
> I just thought there must be a simpler more direct way of doing it.
> Perhaps the FAT(Pat. pending) option!!!
I believe the FAT patent got squelched. If you're after good handling
for long filenames, then a FAT filesystem (even if through some sort of
loopback device) is probably the path of least resistance.
Cheers,
Mikal
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