Representing Unix filenames in Unicode (original) (raw)

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On Tuesday, November 29th, 2005 07:03Z, Chris Jacobs wrote:
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> What happens when two files have different, but canonical equivalent,
> file names?

The operating system sees two different files (without any relationship one
with the other), and you (the user, the "human") see two files with
apparently the same handle to grasp them (the same name).

My idea is that you are going to loose, so probably thou shalt not do that.

Antoine

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