Al (and Matt):

My picky response on all this has to do with the line "does not work". I think that it should be considered to have worked if, after doing a MD to create a folder, you can successfully do a CD to that same folder.

There have been a few references here to nice examples where the case is preserved -- but there is no need for that to happen, it's just a matter of providing a nicety for the user.

>Suppose you were using Word, and created a new document MyThoughtsOnCaseSensitivityInWindows.docx in a new folder MyUTDocs. Would you be happy if Windows or Word saved those names as all lower or all upper case?
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>>I do not agree that it is reasonable to expect.
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>>As it happens, the DOS prompt is kind enough to you to maintain the case that you type. Of course, it goes through some layers before getting to the actual creation of the folder.
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>>Assuming that some other application (VFP), which travels through a different combination of layers, eventually getting to the layer that creates the folder, would also be kind enough, is not reasonable. It could be, of course, but there's no need for it to be, since in Windows there is no difference.
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>>The DOS prompt is not the OS, is it? Isn't it a layer on top of the OS?
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>>>Come on Jim...
>>>
>>>If I go to a DOS prompt and type
>>>
>>>MD Jim
>>>
>>>and
>>>
>>>MD JIMNELSON
>>>
>>>
>>>It honors the case that I type. Surely it's reasonable to expect our fine VFP langauge to act the same way as its hosting OS.