FAT32 file names

[GODhack]

I ended up with file in FAT32 in maybe French name and that file is impossible to copy etc.

09 Myst?rique Sign [Yuki].mkv

Kinda bug report, but i wonder maybe I have to install something?

[Adunaic]

When you say impossible to copy etc. do you mean by command line? in which case you will need to "escape" some of the characters (including the space) by putting a \ infront of them. Can you do anythign to it through the GUI?

[PabloTwo]

Try:

mv /path/to/09\ Myst*.mkv /path/to/09\ Mystic\ Sign.mkv

If the ".mkv" is supposed to be ".mp3", then make it so. This is a POSIX issue, illegal characters in a directory and/or filename on a FAT or NTFS filesystem.

---------- Post added at 12:31 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 12:24 PM CDT ----------

Here are the "illegal" characters:

?    [    ]    /    \    =   +    <    >    :    ;    "    ,    *

You could also keep Yuki in the filename by either leaving out the square brackets or replacing them with parenthesis.

mv /path/to/09\ Myst*.mkv /path/to/09\ Mystic\ Sign\ \(Yuki\).mkv

And keep in mind that the SPACE character is "illegal" in Linux and must be "escaped" using the backslash "\" to use it.

[jpollard]

Or you put quotes (') around the file name...

Works for all but files that start with a minus character '-', as that tends to get
interpreted as command options. If this is a problem put './<string>' for the file,
which directs the name to the current directory (the './' part)

[GODhack]

ty, but I know all that well. Even with all this or in GUI copy fails. Even some programs (ex. rtorrent) fail to work with that file. In ext4 everything ok, but in fat32 not.
I am forced to stick with wind0ze while I deal with that file.
Correct name is:

09 Mystérique Sign [Yuki].mkv

Try to create file with this name in ext4 and move to fat32 and U will see.

[Adunaic]

Okay, I created a file called that in ext4 and moved it to FAT32. I have no problem renaming copying etc. Although this only proves that FAT32 has no problem with the name.

Perhaps the fault lies somewhere else. When you copy it do you get an error? How big is the file? What is the out put of:
file 09\ Mystérique Sign\ \[Yuki\].mkv

---------- Post added at 06:53 PM CDT ---------- Previous post was at 06:34 PM CDT ----------

Another thought: How did you mount the partition? and what version of linux/fedora are you using? I remember reading somewhere about the fact that older linux-fat drivers could not handle files with a name larger than 8 characters + 3 optional characters.

[GODhack]

/etc/fstab

#
# /etc/fstab
# Created by anaconda on Sat Dec  5 02:25:28 2009
#
# Accessible filesystems, by reference, are maintained under '/dev/disk'
# See man pages fstab(5), findfs(8), mount(8) and/or blkid(8) for more info
#
/dev/mapper/vg_vyto-lv_root /                       ext4    defaults        1 1
UUID=48105aa5-9232-4c4c-bd1a-8dae7f6e16da /boot                   ext4    defaults        1 2
/dev/mapper/vg_vyto-lv_swap swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0

/dev/sda4               /mnt/sda4               vfat    users,noauto    0 0

Fedora 12.
Now I am trying to play around with that file more...
I kinda noticed real problem:
Problem is that I use TAB auto-complete and it inputs ? incorrectly instead that e'.
That is not all... if file is inside dir copy fails too. Better check my test log yourself:

[vytautas@Vyto ~]$ cp The\ Melancholy\ of\ Haruhi\ Suzumiya\ 09\ Myst\?rique\ Sign\ \[Yuki\].mkv /mnt/sda4/
cp: cannot create regular file `/mnt/sda4/The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 09 Myst?rique Sign [Yuki].mkv': Invalid argument
[vytautas@Vyto ~]$ mkdir test
[vytautas@Vyto ~]$ mv The\ Melancholy\ of\ Haruhi\ Suzumiya\ 09\ Myst\?rique\ Sign\ \[Yuki\].mkv 
mv: missing destination file operand after `The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 09 Myst?rique Sign [Yuki].mkv'
Try `mv --help' for more information.
[vytautas@Vyto ~]$ mv The\ Melancholy\ of\ Haruhi\ Suzumiya\ 09\ Mys*.mkv 
mv: missing destination file operand after `The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 09 Myst?rique Sign [Yuki].mkv'
Try `mv --help' for more information.
[vytautas@Vyto ~]$ mv The\ Melancholy\ of\ Haruhi\ Suzumiya\ 09\ Mys*.mkv test/
[vytautas@Vyto ~]$ mv test/ /mnt/sda4/
mv: cannot create regular file `/mnt/sda4/test/The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 09 Myst?rique Sign [Yuki].mkv': Invalid argument
[vytautas@Vyto ~]$

Also rtorrent hasing fails. probably reason is same ? instead e'. Ktorrent also complains about missing file. Dolphin behaves OK still shows ? in name.

[jpollard]

If it is a single file, do the following to make a rename-

mv * newname

What you likely have is an international file name - this is NOT an ASCII based file
name. The "characters" may easily have 3 byte values, which can cause a lot
of peculiar handling issues.

[GODhack]

Problem is that file is part of torrent. I can not rename it now.
F* who wrote that name: on wind0se there is problems too.