From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267156AbUBSAGs (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:06:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267158AbUBSAGs (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:06:48 -0500 Received: from mail1-106.ewetel.de ([212.6.122.106]:51400 "EHLO mail1.ewetel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267156AbUBSAGr (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:06:47 -0500 To: tridge@samba.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: UTF-8 and case-insensitivity In-Reply-To: <1qJsF-6Be-45@gated-at.bofh.it> References: <1q4Si-658-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <1q7no-8ss-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qfb7-7s5-19@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qmPm-6Gl-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qpWI-1Sa-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qqpO-2lx-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qqzv-2tr-3@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qqJc-2A2-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qHAR-2Wm-49@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qIwr-5GB-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qIwr-5GB-9@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qIQ1-5WR-27@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qIZt-6b9-11@gated-at.bofh.it> <1qJsF-6Be-45@gated-at.bofh.it> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2004 01:06:35 +0100 Message-Id: From: Pascal Schmidt X-CheckCompat: OK Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 00:40:21 +0100, you wrote in linux.kernel: > Because a large number of file operations are on filenames that don't > exist. I have to *prove* they don't exist. That includes: Evil question: do you need to be case-preserving? 'Cause if not, you could simply squash all incoming filenames from case-insensitive clients to some canonical form (say, all lower-case) and use that. -- Ciao, Pascal