[mdlug] NTFS

[Garry Stahl]

On 11/25/2015 07:56 PM, Carl T. Miller wrote:
> Years ago I learned that NTFS is not case sensitive,
> but it is case preserving.  So once a file gets
> created, it can be referred to in a case insensitive
> manner.  That means if you try to write to a file
> that is spelled the same as an existing file but
> with different cases, you will overwrite the original
> file's contents and keep the original file's name.
>
> c

Exactly the answer I need.  When creating an external backup use EXT4, 
the the NTFS or FAT they come formatted as.

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