Shared Folders: on windows guest, linux host. case-sensitive directoryes, but not files.

[Jury]

example of bug:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
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C:\> net use S: \vboxsvr\user
S:\TEMP> mkdir tst
S:\TEMP> mkdir TST
Subdirectory or file TST already exists. <---- normal for WinXP. case insensitive
S:\TEMP> mkdir TST\SECOND
The system can not find the path specified. <---- abnormal. case sensitive !
S:\TEMP> mkdir tst\SECOND
S:\TEMP> echo 123> TST\SECOND\file <---- abnormal. case sensitive !
Can not find the file specified.
S:\TEMP> echo 123> tst\SECOND\file
S:\TEMP> echo 123>> tst\SECOND\FILE <---- normal. case insensitive
S:\TEMP> erase tst\SECOND\FILE <---- normal. case insensitive. bug does not affect the files, only directories!!!

shared folder placed on XFS partition of host.

i found similar ticket ​437, but is associated with a very old version of vbox

Why are the directory names are case-sensitive, but filenames not? How to fix?

[Frank Mehnert]

Cannot reproduce. I tested this with an ext3 file system on the host but this shouldn't matter.