Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:01:41 +0200 From: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...) Message-ID: <4339B335.4080408@pobox.sk> In-Reply-To: <200509271521.41498.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com> References: <433852A8.10900@gish.demon.nl> <43393B24.30506@dial.pipex.com> <43394783.3020608@pobox.sk> <200509271521.41498.list-freebsd-2004@morbius.sent.com>
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RW wrote: > On Tuesday 27 September 2005 14:22, martinko wrote: > > >>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? >> > > > > Your use of the word "correct" is odd. FreeBSD uses the filename stored on the > disk - the one put there when the file was created. The display of filename > case and the case sensitivity of the filesystem are two different issues. The > real question is why Windows needlessly overides the choices of it's users. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > excuse my english :) also i tried to make clear i wasn't talking about fs case sensitivity but only about the display of filename case. and my question is simple -- if windows can remember somehow the filename case on fat32, why can't freebsd?
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