Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 22:55:40 +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: <4339B1CC.8030608@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <43395410.3010606@ywave.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> <43394783.3020608@pobox.sk> <43395410.3010606@ywave.com>
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Micah wrote: > > The reason is as follows: a.txt is an 8.3 filename and is stored on > fat32 in the old dos format. a.txt~ is NOT an 8.3 filename and is > stored on fat32 in the extended long filename format. Case information > is not stored in 8.3's file names. They're always the same case, but I > can't remember now if they're stored as upper or lower case. Extended > long filenames do store case information, even though windows ignores > the case (as was pointed out earlier). FreeBSD is displaying 8.3 names > as lowercase probably to mimic the tendency of unix filenames to be > lowercase. Windows displays 8.3 names as upper case probably to mimic dos. > 8.3 filenames are stored in uppercase
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