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Subject: Re: [Boost-build] testing for type of target is case sensitive on windows
From: Markus Schöpflin (markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-12 06:23:31

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Vladimir Prus wrote:

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> Are there any versions on windows that have case-sensitive filesystems?
> If not, I can just downcase extensions in windows, before checking the type.

It all depends on configuration. NTFS is always case preserving, and can be
configure to be case sensitive.

This is controlled by HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\kernel\dword:ObCaseInsensitive

Markus

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