Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:03:29 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Command line wildcard expansion under Win2K
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Charles Sandmann wrote:

> I see this behavior.  For example, "A.vec" exists (A upper case):
> 
> C:\>djecho a*.vec A*.vec A*.VEC a*.VEC
> a.vec A.vec A*.VEC a*.VEC
> 
> This behavior is not Win2K specific - it also happens on Win98
> 
> "B.VEC" exists (all upper case):
> 
> C:\>djecho b*.vec B*.vec b*.VEC B*.VEC
> b.VEC B*.vec b*.VEC B.VEC                    (on Win98, either build)
> B.VEC B*.vec b*.VEC B.VEC                    (Win2K, v2.03 refresh)
> b.vec B*.vec b*.VEC B.VEC                    (Win2K, CVS build)

I think this is the intended behavior.  The docs of `glob' should 
describe it.  In particular, file names that fit 8+3 DOS limits (like 
B.VEC in this case) are downcased by default.

> It is certainly not what I would expect.  

Even after reading the docs?  If so, why not?  Does setting "FNCASE=y" 
change the behavior to something that you like better?