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Re: case sensitivity

From: Byron Nevins <Byron.Nevins_at_Sun.COM>
Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:23:36 -0700

I had this annoying problem in my installation too. I filed a bug and
it was fixed before the final release of 9.

Jan -- do you remember this??


Kedar Mhaswade wrote:
> Ummm, I see what you say, but Windows FS is not case sensitive.
> There can't be two files with same path name where name has
> no case on NTFS, FAT32, I suppose.
>
> But I agree, I am not sure what I suggested works.
>
> Lloyd Chambers wrote:
>> Personally, I don't see how this could work.
>>
>> IF a file system IS case sensitive, a program would have to get a
>> list of all filenames in the directory, the (correctly) compare the
>> name in a case-insensitive manner, possibly finding multiple matches
>> (foo.jpg, foo.JPG, FOO.JPG, etc).
>>
>> If a file system is not case sensitive, then it should be an option,
>> I hope Kedar's solution works for you.
>>
>> Lloyd
>>
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Kedar Mhaswade wrote:
>>
>>> Can you see if adding:
>>> <mime-mapping>
>>> <extension>JPG</extension>
>>> <mime-type>image/jpeg</mime-type>
>>> </mime-mapping>
>>>
>>> to domain1/config/default-web.xml helps?
>>>
>>> Sorry, you'll have to edit it by hand and restart the server.
>>>
>>> (Also, if possible, don't use Windows ;) (just kiddin')).
>>>
>>> -Kedar
>>>
>>>
>>> John Vera wrote:
>>>> I am using a windows version of glassfish that came with netbeans
>>>> 6.5. Other servers I have looked at do not care about case
>>>> sensitivity when referencing a file.
>>>> i.e
>>>> http://localhost:8080/myLogo.JPG
>>>> would be the same as
>>>> http://localhost:8080/myLogo.jpg
>>>> and the JPG image would be served up correctly.
>>>> Now with glassfish they are different; I get a message telling me
>>>> the resource is not available. Why is that? Is there a way I can
>>>> control this administratively? If so where do I go to find the
>>>> setting or how do I control it?
>>>
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