// this code will add normcase to Pathname and File in ruby correctly (only the OS X part has been tested)



module NormCase
require 'rbconfig'
require 'pathname'
require 'tempfile'
require 'tmpdir'
def case_sensitive(path=nil) #if not given will use tempfile on OS X
case RbConfig::CONFIG["host_os"]
when /mswin|mingw|cygwin/i #windows is always insensitive
return false
when /darwin/i # the trouble maker as only the underlying file system knows and that requires using Cocoa
require 'osx/cocoa'
include OSX
#OSX.require_framework('Foundation') #this would be false as it loaded already
if ! path then
tf=Tempfile.new(["Temp","Test"],File(path).dirname)
path=tf.path
tf.close
tf.unlink
end
realpath=Pathname(path).parent.realpath().to_s # now we have a full path
# filesystem is an NSURL for realpath with isDirectory => true
filesystem = NSURL.FileURLWithPath_isDirectory_(realpath,true)
#result = [has res., res. value, error value] forKey=>NSURLVolumeSupportsCaseSensitiveNamesKey
result = filesystem.getResourceValue_forKey_error_(NSURLVolumeSupportsCaseSensitiveNamesKey)
return result[1].to_ruby # convert to_ruby because it is an NSCFBoolean (this likely is is false, thanks to Adobe)
when /sunos|solaris|linux/i #unix types are case sensitive
return true
when /vms|os/i #vms or os/2 # TODO: check this but I know that vms and OS/2 are case-insensitive
return false
else # freeBSD, OpenBSD, etc #assume they are posix types with case sensitive file systems
return true
end
end

def normcase(path)
if ! case_sensitive(path) then
self.to_s().upcase()
else
self.to_s()
end
end
end
# don't forget to include this to extend Pathname and File
class Pathname
include NormCase
end
class File
include NormCase
end



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