Subject: Re: case (in)sensitivity on CD9660 file system
To: Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@kurt.tools.de>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz>
List: current-users
Date: 12/05/1997 16:42:30
Wolfgang Solfrank wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> > when I mount CD as cd9660, names of all files get converted to lower case.
> > Is it right behaviour, or it's kind of bug ? I've tried it mount
> > on colleague's Linux and it's the same there. 
> 
> This is done as a convenience to the user, as with U*X it's in general a
> custom to have filenames in lower case.  If you really want to have the
> names as stored on disk, try mounting the CD with option -g.  This will
> not only leave the case of the name alone, but will also leave the version
> number of the file attached, i.e. you'll get filenames like "XXX.YYY;1" and
> similar, just as they are (required to be) recorded on the disk.
> 

I like when something isn't documented :-] It works, of course.
But implementing "notrans" option seems as good idea anyway, doesn't it ?

jd
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