[TriLUG] ext3 to vfat copy issue...

Alexei Znamensky russoz at gmail.com
Wed Jan 24 16:10:34 EST 2007


oh, yes, from what you're telling, I'd try to change the winnt, but I dont
really have done this before, so try around ;-)

On 1/24/07, Alexei Znamensky <russoz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> D,
>
> check mount(8) man page, look for vfat. In particular, this piece here
> might be it:
>
>        shortname=[lower|win95|winnt|mixed]
>
>               Defines the behaviour for  creation  and  display  of
> filenames
>               which fit into 8.3 characters. If a long name for a file
> exists,
>               it will always be preferred display. There are four modes:
>
>               lower  Force the short name to lower case upon display;
> store  a
>                      long name when the short name is not all upper case.
>
>               win95  Force  the short name to upper case upon display;
> store a
>                      long name when the short name is not all upper case.
>
>               winnt  Display the shortname as is; store a long name  when
> the
>                      short name is not all lower case or all upper case.
>
>               mixed  Display  the short name as is; store a long name when
> the
>                      short name is not all upper case.
>
>        The default is "lower".
>
> cheers,
> AZ
>
> On 1/24/07, dsandif < dsandif at email.unc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > I am having issues with copying files from a linux ext3 format to a vfat
> >
> > or fat32 external hard drive.The original files to be copied are in up
> > case, ie, R3456, Panama, GUTAMALA. But when I copy  the files to the
> > external vfat\fat32 drive, the file names get changed to lower case
> > every time so I end up with r3456, panama, Guatemala. I have certain
> > scripts and programs that depend upon the case sensitivity of these
> > files and won't work if they are adjusted like this. The intent was to
> > be able to use the external to view and access files on both linux and
> > windows OS. The command I give to copy is as follows:
> >
> > /bin/cp -R source(in this case GUTAMALA) /mnt/flash
> >
> >
> > Thxs.
> >
> > D-
> >
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