Re: detecting case-insensitivity

["Vyacheslav Dubeyko" <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Initial message
> Subject: Re: detecting case-insensitivity
> From: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 09.04.2012 03.30
> 
> On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 10:00:29AM -0400, J. Bruce Fields wrote:
> > Is there a generic way to detect whether a given filesystem is
> > case-insensitive?  If not, how should it be done?  (A bit in s_flags?)
> 
> I don't think there is a generic flag for it. We could trivially add
> one, I think, as it is generally a fixed property for the entire
> filesystem....
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave.
> -- 
> Dave Chinner
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But why does it need to detect that filesystem case-insensitive or not? In what 
use-case does it need to make such detection?

With the best regards,
Vyacheslav Dubeyko.
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