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    > directory-files is supposed to ignore case
    > if the system treats file names as case-insensitive.
    > It does not obey case-fold-search.
    >
    >     ;;; ==> (MY-PATH/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/. MY-PATH/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/..
    >     MY-PATH/DIRECTORY/DIRECTORY/FILE.TXT) [4 times]
    >
    > What system are you using?
    >
    Suse 10.2, GNU Emacs 23.0.50.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.10.6) of 
    2007-12-09

That is very strange!  On GNU/Linux, directory-files is supposed
to be case-sensitive.  And when I try it, it is case-sensitive.