Bug 38310 - Cannot create all uppercase files/directories on vfat filesystems
Summary: Cannot create all uppercase files/directories on vfat filesystems
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-04-29 14:29 UTC by Carlos Rodrigues
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-06-01 21:41:38 UTC
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Description Carlos Rodrigues 2001-04-29 14:29:16 UTC
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User-Agent: Mozilla/4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-2 i686)


When I try to make a directory (or a file) with an all uppercase name, like
"RPMS", instead it makes one with an all lowercase name, like "rpms". Mixed
uppercase/lowercase names work ok.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. mkdir RPMS
2. ls

	

Actual Results:  rpms

Expected Results:  RPMS

Comment 1 Carlos Rodrigues 2001-05-31 09:27:11 UTC
This problem only occurs with 8.3 filenames. I can create a file named 
"FOOBARABC" but not "FOOBARAB" (it gets "foobarab").

Comment 2 Arjan van de Ven 2001-05-31 09:43:35 UTC
VFAT by default emulates Win9X behavior.
If you  want case-preserving, use a parameter like this:

modprobe vfat posix

this should preserve case

Comment 3 Carlos Rodrigues 2001-06-01 21:41:34 UTC
Using the posix option doesn't make the problem go away. The behaviour is 
exactly the same (except not being able to refer to "FoO" as "foo" anymore, of 
course).


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