From: lars@beagle-ears.com

On 2026-01-08, Lars Poulsen  wrote:
>> On 08/01/2026 13:17, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>> What happens when you export a linux mount using samba, and the mount
>>> contains files that are different only in case?
>
> On 2026-01-08, The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>> Samba mangles the filenames
>
> I just now tested it.
>
> On the Linux side
>     echo "Test with upper case" >Test
>     echo "test with lower case" >test
>
> On the windows side, only the all-lower-case side is visible.
>
> After I do "touch Test", it flips so that only Test is visible.
>
> Interestingly, this has never come up in my real life, and if
> I ever successfully get my file systems converted to "case
> preserving" the spelling that is created first will prevail,
> but the content matches the latest write access;
> i.e. after the above setup, "cat Test" on the Linux side
> will yield "test with lower case".
>
> So it appears that Samba makes a decent approximation.

*** Correction ***

Richard K got a different result, and after a few minutes
(while I found and read his response), so did I.
See my followup to his message.

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