RE: Upper/Lowercase on Unix

by "Mark Roedel" <roedelm(at)letu.edu>

Date:	Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:47:28 -0500
To:	"Moe Rubenzahl" <moe(at)maxim-ic.com>, <hwg-servers(at)hwg.org>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-servers(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-servers(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Moe Rubenzahl
> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 1999 11:19 AM
> To: hwg-servers(at)hwg.org
> Subject: Upper/Lowercase on Unix
>
>
> We're running Apache on Unix servers here and because the system is
> case-sensitive, users have to get the case right is thy type a URL --
> ProductList.htm is not the same as productlist.htm. Is there a way to
> make they system case-insensitive?

There's an optional module that's distributed with Apache called mod_speling
(yes, with one l) that can compensate for the case-sensitivity thing.
(It'll also help you with users who don't realize that productlist.htm and
productlist.html aren't the same thing.)  Check your local Apache
distribution or the Apache website (www.apache.org) for more info.


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