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Number   :  4958
Date     :  2003-07-06
Author   :  ndemou
Subject  :  copying file with unicode chars from NTFS to FAT
Size(KB) :  1


If I try to copy a file with a *specific* style of names that include
unicode chars xxcopy reports that it did copy it. But in fact at the
destination drive I find a file named like "`6A1.tmp" or "`7BA.tmp"
etc (i.e. an ` then a 3 digit hex). This file is indeed an exact copy
of the original file but does not have the same name.

DETAILS:
1) The bug *ONLY* apears if I copy the file from NTFS to FAT32. It
wont apear when copying from FAT32-to-NTFS or NTFS-to-NTFS or
FAT32-to-FAT32 (yes it was borring to try them all ;-).

2) I have confirmed the bug in this style of names: a file name of 8
chars maximum of which at least one is unicode. The extension seems
not to be important. I havent seen this bug in any file name with more
than 8 chars 
For example you may try to copy a file named "1234567w" but replace w
with unicode char 1E85 which is a "w" with two dots on top of it

3) I used xxcopy 2.84.6 but I think I had the same problem with xxcopy
2.84.0. The command line is:
xxcopy "n:\test" "f:\test\" 
n:\ is an ntfs volume
f:\ is a fat32 volume

4) I run xxcopy on windows 2000 pro

This bug troubles me a lot because I copy files with greek file names.
So I can't copy those with file names of 8 characters!

Nick Demou



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