Editing AmigaDOS (section)

==Case sensitivity==
AmigaDOS is in general [[Case sensitivity|case-insensitive]].<ref>{{cite book|page=549|isbn=978-1-55558-164-0|title=Using C-Kermit: Communication Software|last1=Cruz|first1=Frank da|last2=Gianone|first2=Christine|year=1997}}</ref> Indicating a device as "Dh0:", "DH0:" or "dh0:" always refers to the same [[disk partitioning|partition]]; however, for file and directory names, this is filesystem-dependent, and some filesystems allow case sensitivity as a flag upon formatting. An example of such a file system is [[Smart File System]]. This is very convenient when dealing with software [[porting|ported]] over from the mostly case-sensitive [[Unix-like|Un*x]] world, but causes much confusion for native Amiga applications, which assume case insensitivity. Advanced users will hence typically only use the case sensitivity flag for file systems used for software originating from Un*x.

Re-casing of file, directory and volume names is allowed using ordinary methods; the commands "rename foo Foo" and "relabel Bar: bAr:" are valid and do exactly what is expected, in contrast to for example on [[Linux]], where "mv foo Foo" results in the error message "mv: `foo' and `Foo' are the same file" on case-insensitive filesystems like [[File Allocation Table|VFAT]].