What are the conventions for filename case?
A. For FAT and CDFS, which by default always return uppercase names, the convention is to translate all filenames to lower case before returning to the client. NTFS and HPFS do no case translation before returning to the client, since both of the file systems are case-preserving. Keep in mind that all supported file systems are case-insensitive. That is, an NFS request for file ‘ABC’ will match any case combination of the name (e.g. ‘Abc’, ‘abc’, ‘aBc’, etc.) The reason this is an issue is because of wildcard expansion and case- sensistivity on UNIX clients. The rule to remember is: If filename comparisons are done on the server, case is unimportant, if filename comparisons are done on the client, case-sensitivity is dictated by that client’s operating system.
