On 9/27/05, martinko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > is this a known issue (why??) or am i missing something or what?
Guess this is how FAT32 stores long names. Am I right that you get such duplicates only for files with names that do not conform the DOS naming convention? (with names >8 chars, extensions >3 chars, and/or lower case characters in names/extensions?) -- Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
