Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
Micah wrote: I've found the troubled piece of code, just gotta figure out the best way to fix it. I'll come up with a patch and submit it as a PR I guess. (never done either, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. :) Later, Micah thanks, micah! ___ fre

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread Micah
martinko wrote: Micah wrote: RW wrote: On Tuesday 27 September 2005 15:56, Micah wrote: The directory structure of fat32 is still the same as from dos. In order to create long filenames, Windows uses subsequent directory entries to store the extra filename characters. If a filename fi

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
Micah wrote: RW wrote: On Tuesday 27 September 2005 15:56, Micah wrote: The directory structure of fat32 is still the same as from dos. In order to create long filenames, Windows uses subsequent directory entries to store the extra filename characters. If a filename fits the 8.3 format, W

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
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 c

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
Micah wrote: The reason is as follows: a.txt is an 8.3 filename and is stored on fat32 in the old dos format. a.txt~ is NOT an 8.3 filename and is stored on fat32 in the extended long filename format. Case information is not stored in 8.3's file names. They're always the same case, but I

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread Micah
RW wrote: On Tuesday 27 September 2005 15:56, Micah wrote: The directory structure of fat32 is still the same as from dos. In order to create long filenames, Windows uses subsequent directory entries to store the extra filename characters. If a filename fits the 8.3 format, Windows (at leas

Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

2005-09-27 Thread Kent Stewart
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 06:27 am, martinko wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: > >>John Hoover wrote: > >>>On 9/26/05, Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP > (sorry) and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. > > My q

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread RW
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 15:56, Micah wrote: > The directory structure of fat32 is still the same as from dos. In > order to create long filenames, Windows uses subsequent directory > entries to store the extra filename characters. If a filename fits the > 8.3 format, Windows (at least Win98)

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread Micah
RW wrote: On Tuesday 27 September 2005 15:15, Micah wrote: ps: and, btw, how freebsd knows there's a capital A in "A.txt~" ? because it's stored on the filesystem in that way, i guess. being case-insensitive doesn't (necessarily) mean a FS doesn't keep a case, imho. The reason is as follo

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread RW
On Tuesday 27 September 2005 15:15, Micah wrote: > > ps: and, btw, how freebsd knows there's a capital A in "A.txt~" ? > > because it's stored on the filesystem in that way, i guess. being > > case-insensitive doesn't (necessarily) mean a FS doesn't keep a case, > > imho. > > The reason is as fol

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread RW
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)

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread Micah
martinko wrote: Alex Zbyslaw wrote: martinko wrote: Dmitry Mityugov wrote: 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 wheel734 Mar

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
martinko wrote: Alex Zbyslaw wrote: martinko wrote: Dmitry Mityugov wrote: 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 wheel734 Mar

Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
Jerry McAllister wrote: John Hoover wrote: On 9/26/05, Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both operaing systems in

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
Alex Zbyslaw wrote: martinko wrote: Dmitry Mityugov wrote: 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 wheel734 Mar 1 2005 a.txt -rwx

Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

2005-09-27 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > John Hoover wrote: > > On 9/26/05, Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) and > >>on the other hand good old FreeBSD. > >> > >>My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both > >>operaing systems

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
martinko wrote: Dmitry Mityugov wrote: 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 wheel734 Mar 1 2005 a.txt -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
Dmitry Mityugov wrote: 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 wheel734 Mar 1 2005 a.txt -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel649 Mar 16 200

Re: file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread Dmitry Mityugov
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 wheel734 Mar 1 2005 a.txt > -rwxr-x--- 1 root wheel649 Mar 16 2003 A.txt~ >

file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
jonas wrote: On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:57:28 +0200 Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both operaing systems in an easy

Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

2005-09-27 Thread martinko
John Hoover wrote: On 9/26/05, Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both operaing systems in an easy and efficient way?

Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

2005-09-26 Thread jonas
On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 21:57:28 +0200 Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) > and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. > > My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both > operaing systems in an easy and ef

Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

2005-09-26 Thread John Hoover
On 9/26/05, Kiffin Gish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) and > on the other hand good old FreeBSD. > > My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both > operaing systems in an easy and efficient way? I don't k

Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

2005-09-26 Thread Kevin Kinsey
Kiffin Gish wrote: I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. It is kinda sorry, but it seems a little better than Window ME. :D My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both operaing systems in an e

Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...

2005-09-26 Thread Kiffin Gish
I have a dual-boot laptop running on the one hand Windows XP (sorry) and on the other hand good old FreeBSD. My question: is it possible to exchange data files between both both operaing systems in an easy and efficient way? For example, saving all my MP3s on a separate data partition and pla