<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif;font-size:10pt">I have experienced exactly the same problem. It is disconcerting.<br><br>I am the author (in real life) and the owner (in Linux permission terms) of the directories and files in question. Because I use a usb-disk to synchronize documents between home and university, I routinely use a bash script to manage the syncs including "smoothing" ownerships and permissions (including resetting the infamous execute bit set when copying from vfat).<br><div> <br>Interestingly, the directories show up in "that other operating system" with all caps, but when updated back to Linux using rsync, they come across as lower-case. This is my script:<br><br>#!/bin/bash -u<br># back-up home directory to a specific pendrive identified in /etc/fstab by its UUID<br><br>cd<br>mount /media/pendrive<br>rsync -Cvrtz
--modify-window=1 /home/bruce/Documents /media/pendrive/<br>rsync -Cvrtz --modify-window=1 /home/bruce/configs /media/pendrive/<br>rsync -Cvrtz --modify-window=1 --exclude=**jar --exclude=blogbridge** --exclude=OmegaT** --exclude=bitext2tmx-1.0M0-080229** /home/bruce/bin /media/pendrive/<br>rsync -Cvrtz --modify-window=1 /media/pendrive/Documents /home/bruce/<br><br>cd ~/Documents<br>find . -perm -0750 -and -not -type d -exec chmod 0644 {} \;<br>umount /media/pendrive<br></div>--<br>Bruce Miller, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada<br>bruce@brmiller.ca; (613) 745-1151<br><br><div>Maybe we can eventually make language a complete impediment to understanding. - Hobbes the tiger<div><br></div><div style="font-family: tahoma,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Anne Wilson <cannewilson@googlemail.com><br>To: maxmadmax@web.de; For people using
KDE on Linux with related questions/problems <kde-linux@kde.org><br>Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2008 5:18:48 PM<br>Subject: Re: [kde-linux] Folders with all capital letters not copied<br><br>On Sunday 02 November 2008 21:24:18 Maximilian B. Rost wrote:<br>> KDE 3.5.9<br>> Konqueror<br>><br>> Hello,<br>><br>> trying to copy subdirectories with capital letters as CD1, CD2 fails. The<br>> subdirectories are copied with small letters cd1, cd2 from harddisk to<br>> usb-disk and after creating the subdirectories the content is not copied.<br>><br>> The filesystem of the usb-disk is vfat.<br>><br>> Are there any tricks except of giving all subdirectories minor letters<br>> before copying?<br>><br>I've never seen any problem in copying any directories, but is it possible <br>that you don't own the files in question?<br><br>You need to be aware that vfat has problems with capitalisation and cannot <br>handle
permissions at all.<br><br>Anne<br></div></div></div></div></body></html>