On May 6, 2004, at 3:15 AM, Pierre Duhem wrote:
While reading the latest version of TN1150, I stumbled on the HFSX specification. I understand that this version of HFS+ should bring some simplifications for managing files coming from Unix volumes, while keeping case-sensitive filenames.
Is this format already supported by Mac OS X.3 disk utilities?
It is supported by the command line utilities in Mac OS X 10.3.x. The Disk Utility application lets you select HFSX as a volume format when erasing on Mac OS X Server only.
Note that HFSX volumes can be either case sensitive or case insensitive (though if you want case insensitive, you might as well choose HFS Plus for greater compatibility). TN1150 describes how to tell whether filenames are case sensitive.
-Mark