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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2005-04-19 14:45:54 +0000
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* cygwinenv.sgml: Mention that check_case is deprecated.
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+2005-04-19 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
+
+ * cygwinenv.sgml: Mention that check_case is deprecated.
+
2005-04-16 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* cygwinenv.sgml: Add new words for (no)traverse option.
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</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
-<para><envar>check_case:level</envar> - Controls the behavior of
+<para><envar>check_case:level</envar> - THIS OPTION IS DEPRECATED.
+Don't use it unless you know what you're doing and don't see any way
+around it. And even then, this option is error prone, slows down Cygwin
+and not well maintained. This option controls the behavior of
Cygwin when a user tries to open or create a file using a case different from
the case of the path as saved on the disk.
<literal>level</literal> is one of <literal>relaxed</literal>,