Uppercase filenames

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Rusty

The person that sends me updates for her website frequently uses a
ridiculous assortment of text in her picture filenames, including commas,
spaces and other creative characters. I usually simplify the names so the
server won't have any problems, but I still have a bunch of files with
uppercase JPG and GIF extensions. Do any of you know if extensions are case
sensitive in any situation that can cause trouble?
Thanks,
Rusty

www.kathyspark.com
 
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Rusty

Yes, so I've heard. My filenames are all lowercase, but many of them have
uppercase extensions. It's only the extensions I'm wondering about. I have
so many of them (jpegs and gifs), and I'm hoping it doesn't matter, so I
don't have to pick through and change them all.
Rusty
 
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Rob Giordano \(Crash\)

stick to lowercase to be safe.

tell her not to do that because it's making you nuts and you'll have to
charge her double if she keeps on doing it.

you could try Jimco's Case Changer http://www.jimcosoftware.com/addins.aspx


| Yes, so I've heard. My filenames are all lowercase, but many of them have
| uppercase extensions. It's only the extensions I'm wondering about. I
have
| so many of them (jpegs and gifs), and I'm hoping it doesn't matter, so I
| don't have to pick through and change them all.
| Rusty
|
|
| | > Hi Rusty,
| >
| > Seems to me Unix prefers lowercase file names, but I have never had a
| > problem with uppercase myself.
| >
| > Mike Smith,
| >
| > http://FrontPageForms.com
| > FrontPage Form Tutorials
| > & Form Script Examples
| >
| >
| >
| > "Rusty" wrote:
| >
| >> The person that sends me updates for her website frequently uses a
| >> ridiculous assortment of text in her picture filenames, including
commas,
| >> spaces and other creative characters. I usually simplify the names so
| >> the
| >> server won't have any problems, but I still have a bunch of files with
| >> uppercase JPG and GIF extensions. Do any of you know if extensions are
| >> case
| >> sensitive in any situation that can cause trouble?
| >> Thanks,
| >> Rusty
| >>
| >> www.kathyspark.com
| >>
| >>
| >>
|
|
 
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Andrew Murray

No...but Linux does care if the names are upper/lower case (eg :
"FREDSMITH.html"on local machine is not the same file as "fredsmith.html" on
remote machine running Linux/Unix).

www.jimcosoftware.com has a plug-in to change the (lettering) case of the
file names to all lower case. It might be useful for you.

On a Windows server it doesn't matter, but if you think it looks untidy,
then use the above utility anyway. It is best to be consistent and get into
good habits.
 
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P@tty Ayers

Rusty said:
The person that sends me updates for her website frequently uses a
ridiculous assortment of text in her picture filenames, including commas,
spaces and other creative characters. I usually simplify the names so the
server won't have any problems, but I still have a bunch of files with
uppercase JPG and GIF extensions. Do any of you know if extensions are
case sensitive in any situation that can cause trouble?
Click to expand...

Unix servers are case sensitive, so if you're on a Unix server (or ever will
be) it matters.

But I think the simplest solution is to just make sure you write the file
name accurately each time you use it. As long as you're refer to each file
the way it's actually named, you'll be fine.
 
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