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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 13:51:05 -0600
From: Manoj Kasichainula <manojk@io.com>
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Subject: Re: WebDAV and ap_os_canonical_filename()
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 from stoddard@raleigh.ibm.com on Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 01:16:54PM -0500

On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 01:16:54PM -0500, Bill Stoddard wrote:
> The only solution
> that comes to mind is to create a new char* in the request_rec structure
> (char* case_canononical_filename ?) that contains the translated filename
> that has not been folded to lower case. mod_dav can use this field when
> handling PUT requests. Any other ideas?

This was the solution I was about to propose before reading the rest
of your message. I think it should just be called canonical_filename
though; there could be OSes where the canonicalization is unrelated to
case.