[R-SIG-Mac] Case distinction on a Mac.

[Rolf Turner]

On 20/02/2009, at 1:59 PM, Gad Abraham wrote:

> Rolf Turner wrote:
>>
>> On 20/02/2009, at 1:28 PM, Gad Abraham wrote:
>>
>>> Rolf Turner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have noticed that OS X sometimes fails to make a case  
>>>> distinction in
>>>> the names of files.  E.g. if I have a file ``junk'' and I try to  
>>>> create
>>>> a directory using ``mkdir Junk'' it will refuse to do so saying  
>>>> ``file
>>>> exists''.
>>>
>>> It's a (mis)feature of the underlying HFS+ file system that names  
>>> are
>>> not case sensitive (but are case preserving).
>>>
>>> R is just carrying over this behaviour. OS X 10.6 will have ZFS (by
>>> default?), it probably won't be an issue with that file system.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Any idea when 10.6 will come out?  And when it does, how enormous  
>> a task
>> will it be to upgrade to 10.6?
>
> I think 10.6 will be out towards the end of this year. I've only had a
> Mac since Leopard, I'm not familiar with the pain involved in  
> upgrading
> versions...

Gotcha.  Ta.

	cheers,

		Rolf Turner

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