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Re: Case sensitive filenames for non-NTFS filesystems


Shaddy Baddah wrote:

This is the output for L: drive, which is not a physical but logical
volume formatted EXFAT. Hopefully it doesn't alter the
characteristics/attributes. With a bit of extra effort, I could try with
a physical device (format a spare USB stick EXFAT through Windows):

$ /usr/lib/csih/getVolInfo.exe /cygdrive/l
...
Flags              : 6
  FILE_CASE_SENSITIVE_SEARCH  : FALSE
  FILE_CASE_PRESERVED_NAMES   : TRUE
  FILE_UNICODE_ON_DISK        : TRUE
...

But I have to admit that the "con" of losing case-preservation is a
weighty one. I have discussed in the (very distant) past having issues
with operating on Linux kernel source.
---
	???   Linux preserves and is sensitive to case by default.
According to the above, EXFAT does not have a "con" of losing
case-preservation.  It *is* case-insensitive just like NTFS.

Perhaps you are creating files on linux on ex-fat and you have
the linux driver setup to be case sensitive?




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