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Re: filename case



On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 05:58:19PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 03/11/07 14:55, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 11, 2007 at 09:03:41AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> On 03/11/07 08:43, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> >>> When I copy files to vfat drives , filenames case is changed to lower case.
> >>> Is there any way to keep them as they are ie FileName as FileName
> >>> instead of > filename or FILENAME as FILENAME instead of filename ?
> >> FAT is not case-sensitive.
> >>
> > True, but it *is* case-preserving.
> 
> I though that was only when MSFT did the 8.3 file-naming games.
> 
No.  The converted 8.3 names are all caps.  The long names are
case-preserved as when they are created.  The linux vfat driver has some
option that disallows all-caps and so will sometimes convert filenames
to all lower-case.

Regards,

-Roberto

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Roberto C. Sanchez
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