Re: Long names in System V (really mixed case)

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From: martillo
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 1987 00:07

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While I agree that mixed case names are easy to parse, some operating
systems are mostly case insensitve on the command line.  I think VMS,
DOS, and PRIMOS force file name case either to upper or lower case.  I
guess people coming from one of these systems to Unix might have some
problems with meaningful case in file names.

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