Fwd: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: rdiff-backup converts uppercase to numbers

[james bardin]

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From: james bardin <address@hidden>
Date: Mar 13, 2006 1:44 PM
Subject: Re: [rdiff-backup-users] Re: rdiff-backup converts uppercase to numbers
To: DW Price <address@hidden>


Vfat does support upper and lower case file names, but it is not case sensitive.
ie: filename.doc == FileName.doc

so rdiff-backup needs to quote uppercase letters in case there are
files on the originating filesystem that are only differentiated by
case ("README" and "readme" in the same directory for example)



On 3/10/06, DW Price <address@hidden> wrote:
> I don't know if debian bug reports are getting sent up to the authors of
> rdiff-backup. Here is my bug report. I've spotted a much older one
> (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=316816) which
> attributes the problem to backup up in Linux to VFAT filesystems but I
> believe my USB flash keys/cards are probably just FAT.
>
>
> DW Price wrote:
>
> > Package: rdiff-backup
> > Version: 1.1.5-1
> >
> > When rdiff-backup makes a backup to an external USB hard drive or to a
> > flash card connected by USB, the backed up files have uppercase
> > letters changed into code numbers. If I back up one directory on my
> > local hard disk to another local directory, uppercase is okay.
> >
> > Examples of conversions when backing up from local hard disk to
> > USB-connected media:
> >
> > Henry becomes 00;072enry
> >
> > Record Shop becomes ;082ecord ;083hop
> >
> > aA_bB_cC_dD_eE_fF_gG_hH_iI_jJ_kK_lL_mM_nN_oO_pP_qQ_rR_sS_tT_uU_vV_wW_xX_yY_zZ
> >
> > becomes
> > a;065_b;066_c;067_d;068_e;069_f;070_g;071_h;072_i;073_j;074_k;075_l;076_m;077_n;078_o;079_p;080_q;081_r;082_s;083_t;084_u;085_v;086_w;087_x;088_y;089_z;090
> >
> >
> > lowercase is not affected. For filenames with lots of capitals, you
> > get huge new filenames chock full of numbers that are incomprehensible.
> >
> > System:
> > Debian unstable
> > Linux shoveller 2.6.15-1-686 #1 Tue Feb 21 20:25:22 UTC 2006 i686
> > GNU/Linux
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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