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@subsection Are mixed-case filenames possible with Cygwin?
@strong{(Please note: This section has not yet been updated for the latest
net release.)}
Several Unix programs expect to be able to use to filenames
spelled the same way, but with different case. A prime example
of this is perl's configuration script, which wants @code{Makefile} and
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just different case, so the configuration fails.
In releases prior to beta 16, mount had a special mixed case option
which renamed files in such a way as to allow mixed case filenames.
We chose to remove the support when we rewrote the path handling
code for beta 16.
which renamed files in such a way as to allow mixed case filenames. We
chose to remove the support when we rewrote the path handling code for
beta 16. The standard Windows apps -- explorer.exe,
cmd.exe/command.com, etc. -- do not distinguish filenames that differed
only in case, resulting in some (very) undesirable behavior.
Sergey Okhapkin had maintained a mixed-case patch ('coolview') until
about B20.1, but this has not been updated to recent versions of Cygwin.
@subsection What about DOS special filenames?