Caldarale, Charles R wrote: >> From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] >> Subject: Re: Tomcat 6.0.18 access files case-insensitive >> >> Since the filesystem is case-sensitive, it may well have both >> "abc.html" and "ABC.HTML" in the same directory. So which one >> would it pick to keep ? > > Presumably the first or last one encountered. A clever algorithm could keep > them all (via a case-insensitive hash) and then try for an exact match; if > that failed, pick one. Would seem like a lot of work for little benefit. > >> So, back to the Tomcat developers. What /is/ the point of the >> caseSensitive attribute in the <Context> element ? > > Inquiring minds want to know...
As far as I can tell from the archives, it was introduced as a backwards compatibility option for Tomcat 3.1.1 when Tomcat was made case sensitive on Windows for security reasons. [1] It this is correct, it is probably safe to remove it by now ;) I've made a proposal to do just that for Tomcat 7 on the dev list. [2] Mark [1] http://markmail.org/message/6o6w2wpgqcys6vwx [2] http://markmail.org/message/nl7usm7345wh2vvg --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
