From 757ee9af8b96c2ddbdb448d2c2a9d68e3178a4ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Corinna Vinschen Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:11:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * pathnames.sgml: Add limitation of case sensitivity with CreateProcess. --- winsup/doc/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml | 12 ++++++++---- 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog index e529b9ea4..ec2f70c18 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-10-28 Yaakov Selkowitz + + * pathnames.sgml: Add limitation of case sensitivity with CreateProcess. + 2009-10-28 Corinna Vinschen * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7-posix): Mention UTF-8 as "C" default diff --git a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml index cb8365b97..e570d9040 100644 --- a/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml +++ b/winsup/doc/pathnames.sgml @@ -489,10 +489,14 @@ set to case sensitivity. After you set this registry value to 0, Cygwin will be case-sensitive -by default on NTFS and NFS filesystems. Be aware that using two filenames -which only differ by case might result in some weird interoperability -issues with native Win32 applications. You're using case-sensitivity -at your own risk. You have been warned! +by default on NTFS and NFS filesystems. However, there are limitations: +while two programs Abc.exe +and aBc.exe can be created and accessed like other files, +starting applications is still case-insensitive due to Windows limitations +and so the program you try to launch may not be the one actually started. Also, +be aware that using two filenames which only differ by case might +result in some weird interoperability issues with native Win32 applications. +You're using case-sensitivity at your own risk. You have been warned! Even if you use case-sensitivity, it might be feasible to switch to case-insensitivity for certain paths for better interoperability with -- 2.43.5