[physfs] What are the real benefits of PhysFS ?

[Daniel Aquino]

Just asking what would happen

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On Jul 17, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Tim Čas <darkuranium at gmail.com> wrote:

> You should NEVER EVER name files like that (even if you're not a  
> programmer) - because, what happens when you, say, copy the files  
> onto an USB drive with a FAT partition that Windows would read?  
> (remember: Win is not case-sensitive)
>
> Or if you (or someone else) decides to port your application later?
>
> 2009/7/17 Daniel Aquino <mr.danielaquino at gmail.com>
> If physfs is not case sensitive then what happens when your on unix
> and you have FILE.txt and file.txt in the same folder ?
>
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Daniel Aquino<mr.danielaquino at gmail.com 
> > wrote:
> > hm ok so your saying that physfs works in a non case sensitive
> > manner... that would infact fix problems on linux...
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Indy  
> Sams<indy at driftsolutions.com> wrote:
> >> Hello Daniel,
> >>
> >>        No, he's saying using physfs that it will find it with  
> PHYSFS_openRead, etc.
> >>
> >>        It's only when adding files/dirs to the path that  you  
> have to worry about the case of the zip file for example: file.zip ! 
> = FILE.ZIP on Linux, but on Windows file.zip == FILE.ZIP
> >>
> >>
> >> Friday, July 17, 2009, 12:45:38 PM, you wrote:
> >>
> >> DA> so are you saying that while using physfs if you try to find  
> file.txt
> >> DA> it won't find FILE.TXT ?
> >>
> >> DA> On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Ryan C.
> >> DA> Gordon<icculus at icculus.org> wrote:
> >>
> >>>>> What file name case issues does it help with?
> >>
> >>>> On Windows, file.txt and FILE.TXT are the same thing. On Linux,  
> they are
> >>>> different files. Having all your i/o come out of a zip file  
> avoids this
> >>>> issue (or, at least, limits it to only worrying about getting  
> the case of
> >>>> the .zip file itself right).
> >>
> >>>> --ryan.
> >>
> >>
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> >> Best regards,
> >>  Indy Sams
> >>  mailto:indy at driftsolutions.com
> >>
> >>  P.S. This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q & R  
> were eliminated.
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