Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 13:29:24 +0100 From: Alex Zbyslaw <xfb52@dial.pipex.com> To: martinko <martinkov@pobox.sk> 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: <43393B24.30506@dial.pipex.com> In-Reply-To: <43393578.7080109@pobox.sk> References: <433852A8.10900@gish.demon.nl> <20050926225220.33c51d39@localhost> <43392786.8060102@pobox.sk> <b7052e1e050927043921e2c975@mail.gmail.com> <43393578.7080109@pobox.sk>
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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
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