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For example, the FAT32 file-system is most commonly found on Windows operating

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systems, and has the characteristics usually associated with a Windows

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file-system.  However, USB devices means FAT32 file-systems are often used

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with GNU/Linux systems, so the current operating system doesn't necessarily reflect the

 

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with Linux, so the current operating system doesn't necessarily reflect the

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capabilities of the file-system.

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Bazaar supports 3 kinds of file-systems, each to different degrees.

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* Case-sensitive file-systems: This is the file-system generally used on

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  GNU/Linux: 2 files can differ only by case, and the exact case must be used

 

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  Linux - 2 files can differ only by case, and the exact case must be used

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  when opening a file.

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* Case-insensitive, case-preserving (cicp) file-systems: This is the

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relevant to a modern Bazaar.

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For more details, including use cases, please see

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http://wiki.bazaar.canonical.com/CasePreservingWorkingTreeUseCases

 

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http://bazaar-vcs.org/CasePreservingWorkingTreeUseCases

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Handling these file-systems

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