From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Earnie Boyd" To: jmamer@anderson.ucla.edu Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Subject: Re: upper/lower case question Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 05:07:00 -0000 Message-id: <19971013120702.25109.qmail@hotmail.com> X-SW-Source: 1997-10/msg00250.html How were the files transfered? Was it a gzip file, tar file, zip file, or diskette copy? In general I've found that filenames tend to keep their case. However MSDOS on W95 and WNT have two filenames a short file name which is always in UPPERCASE and a long filename which is in whatever case the filename was created in. - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- -earnie_boyd@hotmail.com- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- >Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 21:25:13 -0700 (PDT) >From: John Mamer >To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com >Subject: upper/lower case question > >Hi! > Another newbie question: I have a bunch of files, >originally written under UNIX, that have arrived at my >gnu-win32 directory via DOS (am running on Windows NT >4.0-sp3). The problem is that in the process the file names >have all been translated to upper case. I tried the obvious >thing: > >cp FILE.C file.c > >but it didn't work. I wound up reading each file into >emacs, and then copying it into a new directory using the >lower case name. This worked, but it seems, somehow, >inelegant. > >I know that this is the result of a DOS/UNIX >incompatibility, and not strictly speaking gnu-win32's >fault, but is there a neater way to do this? (I anticipate >having to do this in the future). >thanks >j. > > >- >For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to >"gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".