RE: [boost] Re: the first version of abstract path manipulation c lass (interface)

From: Erik Laumb Jensen (erik_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-25 11:02:14

Dont't forget that you should support foreign file systems on any
platform as well, ie. FAT16, NTFS etc. on Linux, ext2 on NT etc.
Windows does support file systems with case-sensitive (not only
preserving) names although NTFS and FAT32 (and probably most
programs) does not.

-Erik

> Eh ... partially true. While the NTFS file system is case-perserving 
> it is not case-sensitive. You can create Foo.txt and the case will be 
> perserved but you cannot create foo.txt in the same directory.