file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case
Hello. When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally created. How do I avoid these and get lower case filenames and original timestamps? The flash memories are all vfat. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/htos88$eh...@dough.gmane.org
Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case
On Fri, 28 May 2010 12:50:15 -0400, H.S. wrote: When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally created. How do I avoid these and get lower case filenames and original timestamps? The flash memories are all vfat. As per filename case, if you are running GNOME you can tweak that under start/system tools/configuration editor and navigate to system/storage/ default_options/vfat then set the value mount_options to [shortname=lower,uid=] that will cause all the files, despite their original case, to be transformed into lower case. OTOH, I see the right time stamp for the copied files :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.05.28.17.23...@gmail.com
Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case
Camaleón wrote: On Fri, 28 May 2010 12:50:15 -0400, H.S. wrote: When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally created. How do I avoid these and get lower case filenames and original timestamps? The flash memories are all vfat. As per filename case, if you are running GNOME you can tweak that under start/system tools/configuration editor and navigate to system/storage/ default_options/vfat then set the value mount_options to [shortname=lower,uid=] that will cause all the files, despite their original case, to be transformed into lower case. Sorry, I forgot to mention I am using KDE on Debian Testing. OTOH, I see the right time stamp for the copied files :-? hmm ... that is strange. I will check again. I notice that in case of audio files from an mp3 player (which when plugged in the USB port acts as a flash memory) are all of the same time when they were actually transferred. I will try again though. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/htouj4$nm...@dough.gmane.org
Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case
H.S. wrote: ... When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally created. How do I avoid these and get lower case filenames and original timestamps? The flash memories are all vfat. 1. Add the option shortname=winnt (or maybe some other shortname= values (see the manual page for the mount command)) to your mount options (in /etc/fstab, your command line, or whatever on your system mounts the filesystem on the flash memory). 2. If you're using the cp command to copy, consider the -p or -a options. Since you're probably dragging and dropping in a file manager, you'll have to find that file manager's equivalent of cp's -p and/or -a. Daniel -- (Plain text sometimes corrupted to HTML courtesy of Microsoft Exchange.) [F] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4bfffae4.6030...@fgm.com
Re: file transfer from removable flash memory: time stamps and case
Daniel Barclay wrote: H.S. wrote: ... When I copy files from a flash memory (inserted in a USB card reader) to my Testing desktop, I notice that the filenames are upper case and the time stamp of the transferred files is the time they were transferred and not when they were originally created. How do I avoid these and get lower case filenames and original timestamps? The flash memories are all vfat. 1. Add the option shortname=winnt (or maybe some other shortname= values (see the manual page for the mount command)) to your mount options (in /etc/fstab, your command line, or whatever on your system mounts the filesystem on the flash memory). Okay, I will try to search how this option is related to KDE. 2. If you're using the cp command to copy, consider the -p or -a options. Since you're probably dragging and dropping in a file manager, you'll have to find that file manager's equivalent of cp's -p and/or -a. Yes, I am using Dolphin for the drag and drop. If I can't find the equivalent of -p or -a of cp commands in Dolphin, I think using cp on cli might be the next option. Thanks. -- Please reply to this list only. I read this list on its corresponding newsgroup on gmane.org. Replies sent to my email address are just filtered to a folder in my mailbox and get periodically deleted without ever having been read. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/htovdq$qf...@dough.gmane.org
