file name case issue on fat32 (Was: Re: Sharing data files on a dual-boot machine ...)

[martinko]

RW wrote:
> On Tuesday 27 September 2005 14:22, martinko wrote:
> 
> 
>>ok. unfortunately i forgot most of my knowledge from the old days of
>>ms-dos but what i can say even without it is this -- it's not about
>>windows explorer only. i can see the correct file names in all
>>applications (under windows of course), i believe. and if windows knows
>>whether there should be an "A" or "a" then why freebsd cannot?
>>
> 
> 
> 
> Your use of the word "correct" is odd. FreeBSD uses the filename stored on the 
> disk - the one put there when the file was created. The display of filename 
> case and the case sensitivity of the filesystem are two different issues. The 
> real question is why Windows needlessly overides the choices of it's users.
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excuse my english :)

also i tried to make clear i wasn't talking about fs case sensitivity 
but only about the display of filename case.

and my question is simple -- if windows can remember somehow the 
filename case on fat32, why can't freebsd?