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Re: NTFS is case-sensitive

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: NTFS is case-sensitive
Date	2015-03-29 00:24 +0000
Organization	ok by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand
Message-ID	<ghdu30.f3a3@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, March 28, 2015 at 10:56:50 AM UTC-6, DFS wrote:
>> On 3/28/2015 12:26 PM, owl wrote:
>> > DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
>> >> John Gohde wrote:
>> >
>> >>> On Friday, March 27, 2015 at 6:46:44 PM UTC-4, owl wrote:
>> >>>> NTFS is not "case-insensitive, case-preserving" as has been crowed about
>> >>>> here forever.  I recently was fooling around and found that I could
>> >>>> mount NTFS under linux and create files with names that differed
>> >>>> only in case.  Even windows explorer would still show those files
>> >>>> in a listing.  So I decided to do a little digging, and this pops
>> >>>> up:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/100625
>> >>>> <quote>
>> >>>> Filenames are Case Sensitive on NTFS Volumes
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Collapse imageSUMMARY
>> >>>> As part of the requirements for POSIX compliance, the Windows NT File
>> >>>> System (NTFS) provides a case-sensitive file and directory naming
>> >>>> convention. Even though NTFS and the POSIX subsystem each handle
>> >>>> case-sensitivity well, 16-bit Windows-based, MS-DOS-based, OS/2-based,
>> >>>> and Win32-based applications do not.
>> >>>> Collapse imageMORE INFORMATION
>> >>>> In NTFS, you can create unique file names, stored in the same directory,
>> >>>> that differ only in case. For example, the following filenames can
>> >>>> coexist in one directory on an NTFS volume:
>> >>>> CASE.TXT
>> >>>> case.txt
>> >>>> case.TXT
>> >>>> ...
>> >>>> </quote>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Did not know that. :)
>> >>>
>> >>> Ah! That probably explains why Owl is fundamentally mad, he is case sensitive - LOL.
>> >>> ........ the Moi cracks a joke that goes over the head of retards
>> >
>> >
>> >> Vitamin Dumbshit,
>> >
>> >> Who are you talking about?  There's no one here by the name of Owl.
>> >
>> > LOL.  Gohde just pwned you by changing the letter of one word.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I had to go back and look at the original pwnage Snit made on you.
>> 
>> Snit: "Poor Owl... he hates when I prove him wrong. Oh well."
>> 
>> owl being pwned: "There's no "O" in my name."
>> 
>> 
>> You recognized Owl as your name, whereas I didn't recognize Owl at all.
>> 
>> Close but no cigar for you, hoss.

> Mr. Ed? If you used a capital 'H' it would have been much more clear:

> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hoss

> The way it's written, you could be calling him a horse:

> http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoss

Mrs. DFS calls me "the horse," so that might be where he got it.

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NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-27 22:46 +0000
  Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-27 19:29 -0400
  Re: NTFS is case-sensitive John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 08:45 -0700
    Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 16:00 +0000
      Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:26 +0000
        Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 12:56 -0400
          Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:06 +0000
          Re: NTFS is case-sensitive John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 10:32 -0700
          Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-28 13:08 -0700
            Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:22 -0400
              Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-28 21:40 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 22:23 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-29 11:06 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 15:12 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-29 21:22 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-29 23:08 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-29 09:18 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-29 21:22 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-29 18:27 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 02:16 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 09:49 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 08:24 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 17:06 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 12:19 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-30 23:54 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 00:06 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 17:12 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 17:41 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 17:15 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 01:07 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 18:21 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 12:24 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 20:46 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-31 01:52 +0000
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 19:10 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 11:35 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 23:09 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 22:01 -0700
                NTFS is not the best filesystem taka0038@gmail.com - 2015-03-31 18:52 -0700
                Re: NTFS is not the best filesystem Slimer <slvrslmr@lv.c> - 2015-03-31 22:51 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 09:48 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 08:44 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-30 09:37 -0700
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-30 20:50 -0400
                Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-03-30 19:14 -0700
          Re: NTFS is case-sensitive Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2015-03-28 17:09 -0700
            Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 00:24 +0000
              Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 22:26 -0400
    Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 16:09 +0000
  Re: NTFS is case-sensitive DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2015-03-28 13:06 -0400
    Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:15 +0000
      Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 17:28 +0000
        Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-28 18:35 +0000
    Re: NTFS is case-sensitive owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2015-03-29 12:57 +0000

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