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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:45:28 +0000
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On 2010-01-11 16:16Z, Karl M wrote:
>  
> I just reviewed chapter 3 of the user guide and found no mention of posix=0
> as the default for /cygdrive.

http://www.cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html
| To ease the pain, the /cygdrive path is case-insensitive by default
| and you have to use the "posix=1" setting explicitly in /etc/fstab
| or /etc/fstab.d/$USER to switch it to case-sensitivity


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