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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] All-uppercase files on vfat
From:       J Hall <canllaith () yahoo ! co ! uk>
Date:       2004-10-28 16:26:08
Message-ID: 200410290526.08810.canllaith () yahoo ! co ! uk
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On Friday 29 October 2004 05:17, Bahram Alinezhad wrote:
>> When a file with all-uppercase letters (e.g. README)
>> is saved on a vfat file system, it is shown as
>> all-lowercase letters (i.e. readme).

This is I believe because the operating systems that use vfat are not case 
sensitive. Fat32 will 'remember' case by showing you files in say, Windows 
Explorer in the case that you last left them but README is the same as readme 
is the same as ReaDmE. The linux driver that allows you to access vfat 
filesystems ignores case for these reasons.

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