Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:39:24 +0400 From: Dmitry Mityugov <dmitry.mityugov@gmail.com> To: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...) Message-ID: <b7052e1e050927043921e2c975@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43392786.8060102@pobox.sk> References: <433852A8.10900@gish.demon.nl> <20050926225220.33c51d39@localhost> <43392786.8060102@pobox.sk>
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On 9/27/05, martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> wrote: ... > hello, > > when i mount a fat32 partition some files have different case (see > below) then in windows. how come ?? > > e.g.: > > $ ll > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 734 Mar 1 2005 a.txt > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 649 Mar 16 2003 A.txt~ > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 1110 Mar 27 2003 b.txt > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 2980 Jun 6 23:46 c.txt > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 2475 Mar 1 2005 C.txt~ > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 2563 Jun 10 12:49 d.txt > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 2561 Jun 10 12:42 D.txt~ > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 1015 Jun 7 00:25 e.txt > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 681 Mar 16 2003 E.txt~ > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 602 Mar 16 2003 f.txt > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel 421 Mar 16 2003 g.txt > > in windows all the files above have first letter in uppercase, that is > "A.txt" for instance. > > is this a known issue (why??) or am i missing something or what? Guess this is how FAT32 stores long names. Am I right that you get such duplicates only for files with names that do not conform the DOS naming convention? (with names >8 chars, extensions >3 chars, and/or lower case characters in names/extensions?) -- Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E"
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