File names displayed with random cases.

[Larry Hoover]

On 09/15/11 11:06 AM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
> On 9/15/2011 10:51 AM, Larry Hoover wrote:
> [...]
>> SCO Unix side shows:
>>
>> drwxrwxrwx 3 root    root  512 Jun 7 16:59 JavaScript
>> drwxrwxrwx 4 root    sys   512 Jan 29 2010 anglers
>> drwxrwxrwx 7 root    root  512 Feb 3 2011  capemayss
>> drwxrwxrwx 4 filepro root  512 Aug 12 2009 delmarva
>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root    sys  1024 Mar 22 2010 henryweb
>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root    sys   512 Jun 6 18:51 hhn
>> drwxr-xr-x 9 root    sys   512 Feb 3 2011  lehigh
>> drwxr-xr-x 4 root    sys   512 Jun 6 18:52 stamp
>> drwxr-xr-x 5 root    root  512 Aug 12 2009 transcontainer
>>
>> Windows side (Notepad++, Filezilla, etc.) shows:
>>
>> Open:
>> ANGLERS
>> capemayss
>> DELMARVA
>> HENRYWEB
>> HHN
>> JavaScript
>> LEHIGH
>> STAMP
>> transcontainer
>>
>> Note the randomness in the case. JavaScript is correct upper and lower,
>> capemayss and transcontainer are OK lower, the rest show all caps.
>> Any rhyme or reason to this?
>
> But, there _is_ a pattern.  (Though there is only one mixed-case name there,
> so it's impossible to say if this pattern applies to such files.  What
> happens with a file named "FooBar"?)
>
> I immediately see why some (all lowercase) filenames are converted to all
> uppercase, while others aren't.  What do all the all-uppercase names have in
> common that distinguish them from those that remain all lowercase?  (Hint:
> think MS-DOS.)
>
>
They are longer than 8 characters?

FooBar becomes FOOBAR and
FoooBarrLong stays FoooBarrLong
Right now I'm looking for some setting in Windows that sets case 
sensitivity.