iOS simulator should use case-sensitive file system

Originator:sam
Number:rdar://10310603 Date Originated:19-Oct-2011 02:23 PM
Status:open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:
 
19-Oct-2011 02:23 PM Sam Deane:
Summary:

One of the most common problems I find when switching between testing on the simulator and testing on the device is the fact that the device's file system appears to be case-sensitive, whereas the simulator uses the user's default file system which generally isn't.

It occurs to me that the simulator could instead create and mount a private DMG disk image to use as the simulated device's disk. It would then be able to format this image using a case-sensitive file system, which might provide a more realistic simulation of an actual device's behaviour.


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