[ILUG] Copying between ext3 and vfat

[P at draigBrady.com]

Kevin Philp wrote:
> My understanding is that:
> 
> ext3 - case sensitive & case preserving
> 
> vfat - neither case sensitive or case preserving

vfat is case retentive I think.
Have a look at fslint to flag paths
that will clash on a windos system:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/
Go to "Name clashes" tab,
uncheck "$PATH" and
use the "Case conflicts" function

> So if I copy a directory from an ext3 volume to a vfat volume will I get into 
> problems with files that differ only in the case of their filenames?

yes.

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