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Windows client restrictions
The SAN File System is natively case-sensitive. However, Windows applications
can choose to use case-sensitive or case-insensitive names. This means that
case-sensitive applications, such as those making use of Windows support for
POSIX interfaces, behave as expected. Native Win32 clients (such as Windows
Explorer) get only case-aware semantics.
The case specified at the time of file creation is preserved, but in general, file
names are case-insensitive. For example, Windows Explorer allows the user to
create a file named “Hello.c,” but an attempt to create “hello.c” in the same folder
will fail because the file already exists. If a Windows-based client accesses a
folder that ...