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francesco

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Registered: 2023-05-15

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(Solved): Making a folder + it's subfolders non case sensitive

Hello everyone,
This one might seem a bit strange, but here's a bit of context for you:
I am running an application through WINE, but the app is giving me errors because it cannot find some files it needs even though they are in their place.
My thought is that, since Linux is a very case sensitive OS, it doesn't like the files not being capitalized a certain way. So my question is if there's a way to make a folder and all it's subfolders, files and subfiles non case sensitive so that the app in question doesn't complain without motive.
Thanks.

Last edited by francesco (2023-07-20 11:14:39)

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

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Re: (Solved): Making a folder + it's subfolders non case sensitive

what is the app ? show us the errors

francesco

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Re: (Solved): Making a folder + it's subfolders non case sensitive

@2
The generic error is: "Cannot find file at whatever path", that's the only error it shows. Problem is I know that the files are there, since I copied them manually before hand.
The app is a MUD client with soundpack support BTW

Trilby

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Re: (Solved): Making a folder + it's subfolders non case sensitive

Linux is a very case sensitive OS

Very?

The generic error is: "Cannot find file at whatever path"

jonno2002 didn't ask for "generic errors".  Post the full error verbatim and then also post exactly what you have done to confirm that said file really exists.

You've presented this as an X-Y problem, and I'm confident that your "Y" is the wrong approach.

Last edited by Trilby (2023-07-03 13:50:52)

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teckk

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Registered: 2013-02-21

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Re: (Solved): Making a folder + it's subfolders non case sensitive

I am running an application through WINE, but the app is giving me errors because it cannot find some files it needs even though they are in their place.

Do the windows file/directory paths have spaces in them?(Typical windows). Then quote the path.

V1del

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Re: (Solved): Making a folder + it's subfolders non case sensitive

Wine handles case conversion even if the filesystem doesn't so that's not going to be the problem, as mentioned post exact commands/errors.

francesco

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Registered: 2023-05-15

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Re: (Solved): Making a folder + it's subfolders non case sensitive

Hello everyone, sorry for taking so long to get back at you!
I, with the help of some well versed friends of mine, discovered that this is indeed not a WINE problem but a problem of the application itself.
Posting the error here would have been pointless, since the error is an application specific one.
Sorry for being rash and creating a topic without thinking it through.