Oh, OK. I've used red hat linux prior to buying Pismo, and it was all case sensitive there. Would there be any trouble whatsoever if I formatted hard drive to ext2 file system and installed Mac OS X? I presume I wouldn't be able to use OS 9 then, right?
vlad On Wednesday, March 20, 2002, at 08:52 , Jeremy Derr wrote: > At 8.44 PM +0000 3/20/02, vlad wrote: > >>> Hi list, >>> >>> shouldn't UNIX be case sensitive? >>> >>> I did "cd /applications" not "cd /Applications" and it took me to the >>> applications directory?! > > This is a file system issue, not a terminal or unix issue. the Mac OS > HFS+ filesystem is not case-sensitive. It's not alone... there are > other unix's I've worked on that behaved this way. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | RoadTools $30 PodiumPad available at Apple retail stores, $20 Traveler CoolPad at Staples. Both in white for iBooks at <http://roadtools.com>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
