Hello,
I think I should know the answer to this, but....
All along I've use lowercase filenamess in my webpages and uploaded to the ISP - and all is well.
After untold backups of data, I'm now dealing with filename compatibility between OS/2 - files backup on CD - same files restored to OS/2 for use on ISP with Unix.
When I need to recover some files from CD the filenames are all converted to uppercase. This creates a problem..
My searching reveals that RSJ CD writes various sets of filenames - including all upper case and Rock Ridge (Unix compatible mixed case)
Is there a way to read/accept the lowercase filenames?
My way out is to zip everything - which is workable, but sort of useless on graphics files.
Any advice appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
If you downloaded the latest FM/2 (File Manager 2) 3.05.09 with its utils package and installed both, it is easy to convert to upper, lower, and mixed case using FM/2.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/new/fm2-3-5-9_fm2utils-1-1.zip
After installing FM/2 and it utilities package, start FM/2.
Select the files you want to rename to lower, or mixed case.
Then in FM/2's menu, select
Files > Commands > Rename to lowercase.
David,
Thanks for the feedback. That is a potentially workable solution.
I do have that version of FM/2 installed.
Now comes the BUT, there are files which were created and referenced in mixed case.
I know, that wasn't smart of me to do, but no one has proven that I am smart, so I am stuck with my goofs.
This is when and why I would like to be able to read the correct original file names back.
What to do next?
Have you tried cdrecord? It has a lot of user-configurable parameters, many of them relating to filenames. As it comes from the *nix world, I think it's able to handle those filenames combinations even from the OS/2 Side.
Quoting from http://www.os2ezine.com/20001116/odin.html
Another way to get full Joliet support is to access your CDROM using the excellent CD-writer software of RSJ (http://www.rsj.de) with the following command
cdattach z: -d g:
where g: stands for the drive letter of your regular CD-ROM and z: for the new drive letter you want to use to access your CD-ROM to get Joliet support.
You can detach the CD-ROM to eject the CD by issuing the command
cdattach z: -no_flush
-Glenn
Hello Glenn,
Agggghhhh! Boy it hurts when I shoot a hole in my foot. :-[
I never thought to access the CD with the RSJ support as you described.
Why do I make the simple so complex? Must be genetic - glad when they find the gene for it.
Thanks again -
Dave