Re: How to work on case-sensitive projects?
Re: How to work on case-sensitive projects?
- Subject: Re: How to work on case-sensitive projects?
- From: Alastair Houghton <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2009 18:44:57 +0100
On 7 Oct 2009, at 18:29, Allen Curtis wrote:
Thanks for the explanation. BUT, my question was regarding which
file systems where case-sensitve vs. case-preserving. I understand
the difference. Another response that I had received indicated that
HFS was preserving not sensitive.
*HFS* is indeed preserving but not sensitive.
*HFS+* is always preserving, but *optionally* sensitive.
BTW: This will be a problem for any Linux kernel developer wishing
to use their Mac for development.
The problem is the stupid decision on the part of the Linux kernel
people to have filenames that differ only by case in their source
tree.
True, but it is something that needs to be dealt with.....
Ideally by the Linux kernel maintainers fixing their source tree
(though doubtless they don't think it's a problem), but in the
meantime there is an easy workaround.
In the meantime, you can create a case-sensitive HFS+ filesystem
somewhere (e.g. in a disk image, in another partition, on an
external disk, or mounted over the network) where you'll get the
behaviour you want.
Thanks... Can you point me to an example of creating and mounting a
HFS+ file, filesystem? Will it auto mount on reboot or will it need
to be mounted manually?
1. Run Disk Utility.
2. Choose File > New > Blank Disk Image.
3. Set things up how you like (you might consider using a sparse disk
image or a sparse bundle image to save space).
4. Click "Create".
It will need to be mounted manually.
Kind regards,
Alastair.
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http://alastairs-place.net
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