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> Windows doesn’t have it at the file system layer, NTFS is case sensitive. I think the common phrasing is "case-aware, not case-sensitive".
by lelanthran 2y ago
> Windows doesn’t have it at the file system layer, NTFS is case sensitive.
I think the common phrasing is "case-aware, not case-sensitive".
- jasomill 2y agoNo, NTFS has always been at least optionally case sensitive; current Windows versions even allow case-sensitivity to be controlled on a per-directory basis[1], which even works for (some) Win32 programs: Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.3593] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\jtm>mkdir foo C:\Users\jtm>fsutil file setCaseSensitiveInfo foo Case sensitive attribute on directory C:\Users\jtm\foo is enabled. C:\Users\jtm>echo bar > foo\bar.txt C:\Users\jtm>echo Bar > foo\Bar.txt C:\Users\jtm>dir foo Volume in drive C is Aristotle-Win Volume Serial Number is E4AE-428B Directory of C:\Users\jtm\foo 2024-05-31 17:55 <DIR> . 2024-05-31 17:55 <DIR> .. 2024-05-31 17:55 6 Bar.txt 2024-05-31 17:55 6 bar.txt 2 File(s) 12 bytes 2 Dir(s) 41,524,133,888 bytes free C:\Users\jtm>type foo\bar.txt bar C:\Users\jtm>type foo\Bar.txt Bar [1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/case-sensitivity#modify-case-sensitivity https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/case-sensitivi...