plugins in Linux save data to lower case folders (crew manifest working!)

[Chris_C]

finally enjoying crew manifest!

I noticed that some plugins are saving data to folders with lower case folders

for example

PluginData\crewmanifest

instead of

PluginData\CrewManifest (as in the zip structure)

I added a symbolic link from crewmanifest to CrewManifest and it now works!

should all plugin data folders in fact be lower case?

[EndlessWaves]

Linux folder names are still case sensitive whereas Windows and Mac OS ones are not.

Looking at my own (Windows) PluginData directory they're all lower case, even for assemblies that have a name and file name starting with a capital, so I'm assuming the game was updated to do this as a workaround for this behaviour and the author of crew manifest is using folders for an older version of the game to package it up.

Drop him a bug report in his thread: http://forum.kerbalspaceprogram.com/showthread.php/24636-Plugin-19-1-Kerbal-Crew-Manifest-v0-5-1-1-Released!-Create-Edit-Remove-Kerbals

[Chris_C]

Linux folder names are still case sensitive whereas Windows and Mac OS ones are not.

Really? Jeeze I assumed now a days all file systems were case sensitive ...

I'll pop over to the thread you mentioned but its not the only one!

Interesting gotcha to remember!

Edit - seems from that thread they already know about the bug

Edited May 13, 2013 by Chris_C

[Chris_C]

I just checked by having *only* lower case folders does NOT work, you do need symlinks as far as I can tell...

crewmanifest

CrewManifest -> crewmanifest

hrmhaystack

HrmHaystack -> hrmhaystack

mechjeb2

romfarer

subassemblyloader

subassemblyLoader -> subassemblyloader

my example here is a little confusing as I was trying out lower case only folders normally you'd have

crewmanifest -> CrewManifest

a lower case symlink pointing to the upper case folder that came from the zip file...

hope this helps someone!