Windows files are not case sensitive, UNIX are. There can also be some weird
cases where a Windows box mounts a UNIX filesystem that has the same thing
spelled upper and lower case... ...but that's protocol implementation
specific in the real world.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Karl Ramberg [mailto:karl.ramberg at chello.se]
> Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 5:35 AM
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Casing in filesystems
>
>
> I was wondering if win and unix are case specific in their
> file names / file paths. There is an issue with the MPEGPlugin
> that it chockes on filenames when its has uppercase .MPG .MPEG
> or .MP3
>
> The implementation now has
> foo _ MPEGPlayer2 openFile: file fullName asLowercase.
> which makes the whole path lowerchase.
>
> Karl
>
>