Both MacOS and Windows are case-preserving, case-insensitive filesystems. This means that when you create a file or directory, the case (upper or lower) of each character is preserved in the name. However when looking for a file or directory the case doesn't matter "GnuCash" and "Gnucash" are equivalent. One can create a case-sensitive filesystem on MacOs if desired, although the system volume should still be case-insensitive as there are many applications that assume the filesystem is case-insensitive. Linux has a case-sensitive filesystem which allows one to have a /home/user/GnuCash and /home/user/Gnucash as 2 different directories.
On Sun, 2023-04-09 at 22:27 -0400, Ken Farley wrote: > Turns out MacOS shows directories with specific cases, but if you cd > down one with different case characters it kind of does an "alias on > the > fly". If I cd using "GNUCASH" or "GNUcash" or whatever mix of > characters > I chose (i.e. "GnUcAsH") it will cd into the directory just fine and > spit back the new character string if I issue a "pwd" command. MacOS > has > apparently changed what I considered normal behavior, likely to > accommodate someone, maybe Windows users? I don't know. Weird. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.