VFAT (last I checked), indeed Windows/DOS in general, doesn't care about or maintain case sensitivity in file names, so cp with or without permissions isn't going to help. Can you export your ext3 as a Samba share?
-- William Sutton On Wed, 24 Jan 2007, dsandif wrote: > I am having issues with copying files from a linux ext3 format to a vfat > or fat32 external hard drive.The original files to be copied are in up > case, ie, R3456, Panama, GUTAMALA. But when I copy the files to the > external vfat\fat32 drive, the file names get changed to lower case > every time so I end up with r3456, panama, Guatemala. I have certain > scripts and programs that depend upon the case sensitivity of these > files and won't work if they are adjusted like this. The intent was to > be able to use the external to view and access files on both linux and > windows OS. The command I give to copy is as follows: > > /bin/cp -R source(in this case GUTAMALA) /mnt/flash > > > Thxs. > > D- > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
