Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 15:22:11 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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: <43394783.3020608@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <43393B24.30506@dial.pipex.com> References: <433852A8.10900@gish.demon.nl> <20050926225220.33c51d39@localhost> <43392786.8060102@pobox.sk> <b7052e1e050927043921e2c975@mail.gmail.com> <43393578.7080109@pobox.sk> <43393B24.30506@dial.pipex.com>
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Alex Zbyslaw wrote: > martinko wrote: > >> Dmitry Mityugov wrote: >> >>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> sorry if i didn't make myself clear. -- ALL the file names above >> should have their first letter, and only the first letter, in upper >> case. that's how they were named in windows. but as you can see above, >> freebsd does not show them properly as some of them are shown in >> lowercase (e.g. "a.txt" instead of "A.txt"). >> >> why?? > > > Because FAT32 is a case-insensitive file system. Don't confuse how > Windows explorer shows you the file name with how the file name is > actually stored on the file system. > > --Alex > ok. unfortunately i forgot most of my knowledge from the old days of ms-dos but what i can say even without it is this -- it's not about windows explorer only. i can see the correct file names in all applications (under windows of course), i believe. and if windows knows whether there should be an "A" or "a" then why freebsd cannot? martin ps: and, btw, how freebsd knows there's a capital A in "A.txt~" ? because it's stored on the filesystem in that way, i guess. being case-insensitive doesn't (necessarily) mean a FS doesn't keep a case, imho.
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