Re: Strange problems with ftp

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Lampa Dario wrote:
Something strange happens...

I have found a strange behaviour of Linux when sending a file via FTP. I
am managing a web site, hosted on a WIndows machine, IIS server. I use
Linux at home, and send files to the server via Gftp or IglooFTP-Pro. The
problem is that if I have a file, say Pippo_Pippo.php, and later I send
pippo_pippo.php, when this file arrives to the server, it changes in
Pippo_Pippo.php, so, the old file Pippo_Pippo.php changes to the newly
sent file and pippo_pippo.php is lost.

You don't have a problem with Linux. You forget that, while Linux
filenames are case-sensitive, Microsoft Windows filenames are not.

You are seeing the effects of Microsoft Windows telling you that, to it,
the filenames "pippo_pippo.php" and "Pippo_Pippo.php" are the same. It
would not matter if your Linux box sent "PiPpO_pIpPo.PhP", /Windows/
would still make that name into "Pippo_Pippo.php".

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Lew Pitcher, IT Specialist, Corporate Technology Solutions,
Enterprise Technology Solutions, TD Bank Financial Group

(Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer's)
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