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Started by Programmer One Feb 24, 2003 at 11:44 PM 3 replies 150+ views
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Programmer One
Programmer One
WTF? Ok, this is what happened: Computer A: (Windows XP) File Name: something.txt -> Put file on disk, transfer to: Computer B: (Windows XP) File Name: SOMETHING.TXT Computer C: (Windows 98) File Name: something.txt Computer D: (RH 7.2) File Name: something.txt If you didn''t understand what I just wrote, this is what happened: On a Windows XP machine I made a file called something.txt (notice all lower-case). Now, I put this file onto a floppy disk. Next, I pop the disk into another Windows XP machine and behold, SOMETHING.TXT (notice all capitol letters). Then I look at Windows 98 to see if it does...and yet something.txt is all lower-case, just as it was written. Same with Linux RH 7.2. I asked Microsoft, they didn''t have anything about it. I asked several other ''computer experts'' and they didn''t know either.
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Xtremehobo
Xtremehobo
that happens to me.... on CD''s sometimes :-/

Im thinking either a)The bios on comp B is messed up, b) The driver for the fdd is messed up, or c) yeah, I think its a
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Yann L
Yann L
AFAIK, there is an option in Windows, where you can optionally have the OS show filenames in full caps. Windows normally preserves case, but does ignore it for file access. Linux is access case sensitive, so the case displayed by RH is the ''real'' one.
Mithrandir
Mithrandir
I''ve seen this happen a lot with CD-RW''s, because some older UDF filesystem specs called for all uppercase letters, but not on floppies.

Dunno.
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Programmer One
Programmer One
quote:
Original post by Yann L
AFAIK, there is an option in Windows, where you can optionally have the OS show filenames in full caps. Windows normally preserves case, but does ignore it for file access. Linux is access case sensitive, so the case displayed by RH is the ''real'' one.


Would you know where is the option? I can''t seem to find it in an of the obvious places...




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