From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270432AbTHQQ5j (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:57:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270436AbTHQQ5j (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:57:39 -0400 Received: from alfa.fastwebnet.it ([213.140.2.42]:4091 "EHLO alfa.fastwebnet.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270432AbTHQQ5i (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:57:38 -0400 Subject: vfat lost file problem From: Raistlin To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1061139456.808.5.camel@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:57:36 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kernel Version: Linux debian 2.4.21 #6 SMP Wed Aug 6 11:55:01 CEST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux mv command Version: mv (coreutils) 5.0.90 I've discovered that if you try to change the name of a file in a vfat partition only changing upper or lower case the file immediatly disappears. Example: If we have the file a.txt and we want to rename it like A.txt if we use the mv command `mv a.txt A.txt` the file a.txt (and also A.txt) are deleted. I hope I helped you; let me know if it's so (i'm not subscribed to the mailing list) Bye Luigi Audasso - il_guru