-- Petr Sebor Technology/Engine Development SCS Software [ http://www.scssoft.com ]----- Original Message ----- From: <dmmiller@cvzoom.net> Newsgroups: fa.linux.kernel To: <petr@scssoft.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 3:21 PM Subject: Re: vfat issues
> In article <fa.js5ijkv.h26cg4@ifi.uio.no>, > "Petr Sebor" <petr@scssoft.com> wrote: > > > > Not true, under Windoze you can create directory with name of any case > > and you always get what you wanted. Thats true, I tested it right > now... > > So 'Test' gives you 'Test', 'test' -> 'test', and 'TEST' -> 'TEST'. > What I > > don't understand is, where linux does get whats in uppercase and what > > is in lowercase, since something is and something is not. Names under > > windows with mixed case filenames are almost everytime seen under > linux > > in lowercase. But sometimes not. I would characterize this much more > like > > 'magic' than a firm rule :-) > > I noticed this too. Under Windows, a file called TEST shows up under > Linux as test. The C:\WINDOWS directory shows up as /dos/windows in > Linux. Also, if I create "TEST" under Linux, it shows up as "test" > under windows. > > This must be a problem. When I run FreeBSD, I can see C:\WINDOWS as > /dos/WINDOWS and not /dos/windows like Linux is doing. Also, I'm pretty > sure if I create /dos/TEST under FreeBSD, it will show up as C:\TEST > under windows. So, Linux' vfat code must be broken. Either that, or > it's interpreting case wrong. > > > > -- > Donn > dmmiller@cvzoom.net
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