New submission from dawidjoubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: The documentation for os.path.normcase reads the case gets normalized based on the file system http://docs.python.org/dev/library/os.path.html
Current documentation: Normalize the case of a pathname. On Unix, this returns the path unchanged; on case-insensitive filesystems, it converts the path to lowercase. On Windows, it also converts forward slashes to backward slashes. Problem: When mounting a network drive (via Samba) onto windows the mapped network drive will claim to be an NTFS network (on Windows XP). Where the network drive is actually a Samba share this can cause problems with case sensitivity versus case insensitivity. More: The Windows based file systems such as FAT, FAT32 and NTFS are as a matter of fact case preservant but case insensitive. That is a file saved with the name 'MyName' will retain its name as 'MyName' and a ls (dir) command will returnr the file as 'MyName' however access to 'Myname' or 'myname' or 'MYNAME' will all still access the same file. Solution: I suggest we drop converting the case to lower case where the file systems FAT, FAT32 and NTFS are involved ---------- components: Windows messages: 75187 nosy: dawidjoubert severity: normal status: open title: os.path.normcase gets fooled on windows with mapped linux network drive type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4198> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
