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| Thread ID: 53964 | 2005-02-01 03:29:00 | Xferred Text & Folders Capitalised | pipercub (7089) | Press F1 |
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| 320046 | 2005-02-01 03:29:00 | I have a strange problem with folders and text files I am transferring from one computer to another, both of which are running Win XP Pro. I put the favorites folder and the complete Editpad directory onto a CD-Rom. Opening that CD-Rom on the second computer I drag & drop the various folders into their respective directories but, on opening same, all the folder names, text file names, and the list of links inside favorites folders are now in capital letters with the spaces between words taken up with what looks like a hyphen but sits on the bottom of the line. ( darned if I can think what to call that at the moment ) Any ideas as to why this is happening & how I can fix it? Everything still works but the capitalisation is annoying to say the least. Cheers: Pipercub |
pipercub (7089) | ||
| 320047 | 2005-02-01 04:17:00 | The_underscore_between_words does look nicer than the%20ascii%code sometimes used in places where spaces are illegal characters (a DOS relic) . The UPPERCASE of the names is also to cater for (another DOS relic) uppercase only file systems. That's why it happens; it's the way that the filename representation on the CD does it. You're lucky it didn't "8.3" the names for you. ;) I doubt if there's any way to fix it except manually. (Or with a script). That's the way that CD is written. There are a lot of CD writing options which let you choose the filename format. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 320048 | 2005-02-01 04:24:00 | The origin of this is the ISO 9660 standard. Many CD-ROM filing systems will automatically uppercase all filenames. The_hypen_like_character_is_an_underscore, also used for ISO 9660 support of long filenames. [edit] Late again! That's what happens when the phone riings while replying I guess! |
godfather (25) | ||
| 320049 | 2005-02-01 04:38:00 | I think it's the "Joliet" extension you need to get the modern Windows filenames written to CDs. | Graham L (2) | ||
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