RE: why are win/dos files UPPER CASE ?
On Sat, 5 Dec 1998, Shaleh wrote:
> Windows (and dos) has no concept of case, Linux chooses to show them as
> uppercase. You will also note that if you mount a fat partition in linux all
> the files have the x bit turned on, even txt files. This is another side
> effect of browsing the fat files.
In that case, give mount the "noexec" option. that makes everything not
have the "x" bit. As for case, using "vfat" supports win9x's long
filenames, and will show the case used when they were named.
Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
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