Mixed-case and lowercase file names are retained in their
original form on ODS-5 volumes. However, the file system on
OpenVMS preserves the case of file names as they are first
entered. When you create more than one file with the same name
differing only in case, DCL treats the subsequent files as
versions, and converts them to the same case as the original
file.
For example, the following commands:
$ CREATE CaPri.;1
$ CREATE CAPRI
$ CREATE capri
produce the resulting files:
CaPri.;1 CaPri.;2 CaPri.;3