Running python from a usb drive

[Thorsten Kampe]

* Steve Holden (2006-09-12 01:30 +0100)
> Thorsten Kampe wrote:
>> * Steve Holden (2006-09-11 21:37 +0100)
>>>Uwe Hoffmann wrote:
>>>>cjl schrieb:
>>>>
>>>>>I do set pythonpath, see above.
>>>>
>>>>is pythonpath really case insensitive on windows ?
>>>
>>>Only because the Windows filesystem implements case-insensitive 
>>>semantics. This is nothing to do with Python:
>> 
>> That's nonsense: "Filenames are Case Sensitive on NTFS Volumes"[1]
>> 
>> Thorsten
>> [1] http://support.microsoft.com/kb/100625/en-us
> 
> Sigh. Right, the semantics are actually inside the subsystem accessing 
> the filesystem, if I have to dot every I and cross every T. Note that 
> the reference you quote includes the test """However, if you attempt to 
> open one of these files in a Win32 application, such as Notepad, you 
> would only have access to one of the files, regardless of the case of 
> the filename you type in the Open File dialog box."""
> 
> So perhaps I should have said the Win32 API implements case-insensitive 
> semantics? Sure, if you want to use the POSIX compatibility layer it's 
> absolutely possible to create several files that Win32 applications will 
> be completely unable to distinguish between. Whatever good that might do 
> you.
> 
> Sheesh, the nits that get picked on this list nowadays. I can remember 
> when it used to be fun, not an exercise in ego inflation.

It's exactly the same issue as with the environment variables: "You
live and learn."[1]

Thorsten
[1] http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/msg/249fa3ce96e757b3