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   Nigel Reed to All   
   Re: DOSBOX-X and lowercase filenames   
   22 Mar 25 16:27:25   
   
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   MSGID: 3760.fido_binkd@1:124/5016 2c446fed   
   REPLY: 1763.binkd@1:2320/105 2c4446f7   
   PID: Synchronet 3.20e-Linux master/546725fc5 Mar 15 2025 GCC 13.3.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.24-Linux master/546725fc5 Mar 15 2025 GCC 13.3.0   
   BBSID: EOTLBBS   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   On Sat, 22 Mar 2025 14:05:56 -0500   
   "Mike Powell" (1:2320/105)  wrote:   
      
   > Good afternoon,   
   > I am running a DOS BBS system under DOSBOX-X.  When the DOS tosser   
   > (squish) creates the *.flo files, it is writing the filename out to   
   > the flo in lowercase.  However, DOSBOX-X is saving the mail archives   
   > to the host OS system (linux) in UPPERCASE.   
   >    
   > When binkd (on linux) tries an action on the flo file, it does not   
   > find the matching dataset name and deletes the flo file without   
   > sending the mail.   
   >    
   > I have done some research and it sounds like the DOSBOX dev team   
   > believes that writing in UPPERCASE is not a bug because DOS w/o LFN   
   > support only supports UPPERCASE.   
   >    
   > I have tried turning on LFN support and changing a couple of other   
   > settings but none of them cause DOSBOX-X to write the dataset names   
   > to the host OS system in lowercase.   
   >    
   > Does anyone know if there is a trick to get DOSBOX-X to write files   
   > to linux with lowercase names?   
   >    
   > Is there a way to use the "ftrans" in the binkd.cfg file to cause it   
   > to ignore the filename case that it finds in the flo files?   
   >    
   > Couple of quick notes... I am using DOSBOX-X over dosemu because the   
   > BBS software developer does not support dosemu because he doesn't use   
   > linux, and I am using squish because the BBS software FTN "shim"   
   > program doesn't work with crashmail.   
   >    
   > Thanks!   
   >    
   > $$   
   > --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux   
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   Have you tried   
      
   [dosbox]   
   lower_case_filesystem = true   
      
   in your dosbox-x.conf file?   
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