Strange USB Pen problem

[Miloslav Trmac]

On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 08:47:34AM -0600, Guy Fraser wrote:
> I use a USB/Firewirewire drive to hold all my MP3's. There are a 
> number of instances where file names change.
> 
> ALLUPPER.EXT => allupper.ext
> 
> A1234567.EXT => a1234567.ext
> 
> Abcdefgh.Ext => abcdefgh.ext
> 
> It seems that unless you have a non alphanumeric character and 
> the file name is 8 or less characters the filename is converted 
> to lowercase.
(man mount), search for "shortname=".  Can that explain the behavior?

> File.EXT and File.ext would both be converted to file.ext and 
> would cause the conflict.
FAT is case-preserving, but case-insensitive.  You can't have two
files with the "same [case doesn't matter]" name.
	Mirek