Re: Apache case-insensitivity without mod_speling

Aron Roberts wrote:
> Regarding mod_hfs_apple.so, the Apache module that Lucas mentioned, an
> old post by Scott Anguish (an OpenStep and early Mac OS X developer)
> notes <http://www.stepwise.com/Articles/Workbench/2001-10-11.01.html>:
>
>> With Mac OS X 10.1 Apple also includes a precompiled version
>> of their HFS module. When this module is installed, some
>> "pseudo-case-sensitivity" is enforced when Apache deals with
>> HFS volumes. It is not a complete solution though for issues
>> involving case-sensitivity issues on HFS volumes.
>
> I haven't been able to find any follow-on posts or references to why
> this isn't a "complete solution," however. If there are indeed gaps or
> idiosyncrasies in this module as a filename case adapter, it is
> nonetheless widely and successfully used. It's conceivable that this
> module has also undergone revision over time to address the issues to
> which Scott long ago referred.

I think the issue is probably that it's not possible to implement a
complete solution within Apache. If you have two files on a Linux host
named "index.html" and "Index.html", and you do "scp *
machost:/directory", you're going to end up with just one file on the
other end.

-- 
Tom Holub (tom_at_LS.Berkeley.EDU, 510-642-9069)
Director of Computing, College of Letters & Science
249 Campbell Hall
<http://LS.berkeley.edu/lscr/>

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