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- From: juan@noyles.pha.pa.us (Juan J. E. T. Noyles)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: POSIX/U... for OS/2
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <715730504snx@noyles.pha.pa.us>
- References: <1992Sep4.160651.504@tamsun.tamu.edu>
- Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 22:01:44 GMT
- Organization: The Noyles OS/2 Platform
- Lines: 36
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- pzs3761@tamsun.tamu.edu writes in article <1992Sep4.160651.504@tamsun.tamu.edu>:
- >
- > In article <ww9JqB2w164w@uuisis.isis.org> evanc@uuisis.isis.org (Evan Champion) writes:
- >
- > [...]
- >
- > >Another thing that I would like to see is a new HPFS driver that is more
- > >like Unix, lets you use "/" and "\" when changing directories and is case
- > >sensitive. The case sensitivity is partially there, with the file system
- > >sensitive.
-
- Not everyone wants or needs case sensitivity. I think most people would like to be able to
- have things recorded with their proper case, but don't want to have to remember it when
- typing it in. Besides, what's the difference between Filename and FileName? If you want
- multi-generational filing, that's a different story altogether. I think IBM did a good thing by
- providing the ability to record the case and not constraining us to it.
-
- > >Another thing, why are there spaces allowed in filenames?
-
- Why not?
-
- >
- > Not to revive an old thread, but there are those (like me), who would
- > rather kiss Dan Quayle on the lips than deal with case sensitivity.
-
- Hear, Hear!
-
- > As for the other bits you mention, get 4OS2, a shareware replacement for
- > CMD.EXE. It allows "\" and "/", has file name completion to make spaces
- > easy to deal with, history window, aliases so you can type mv, ls, and cat
- > instead of move, dir and copy. It's probably somewhere on Hobbes.
-
- Maybe we should try to persuade IBM to include 4os2 instead of CMD!!!
-
- --
- Has anyone seen my sanity? Juan@Noyles.pha.pa.us
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