[[!comment format=mdwn username="https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawnBJ6Dv1glxzzi4qIzGFNa6F-mfHIvv9Ck" nickname="Jim" subject="Case sensitivity" date="2011-11-22T18:51:03Z" content=""" I agree, it's weird, but that's what I'm seeing: #!/bin/sh if [ $UID != 0 ] ; then echo \"need root\" ; exit 1 ; fi set -x # make image cd /tmp dd if=/dev/zero of=diskimage bs=1M count=40 DEV=$(losetup --find --show diskimage) # make FAT32 fs mkfs.vfat -F 32 $DEV # mount it mkdir annex mount -o shortname=mixed,utf8=1 $DEV annex # show bug ( cd annex mkdir zP mkdir Zp ls Zp ls touch zP touch Zp ) # cleanup umount annex rm -r annex losetup -d $DEV rm diskimage # info uname -a Output: + cd /tmp + dd if=/dev/zero of=diskimage bs=1M count=40 40+0 records in 40+0 records out 41943040 bytes (42 MB) copied, 0.0847729 s, 495 MB/s ++ losetup --find --show diskimage + DEV=/dev/loop0 + mkfs.vfat -F 32 /dev/loop0 mkfs.vfat 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010) Loop device does not match a floppy size, using default hd params + mkdir annex + mount -o shortname=mixed,utf8=1 /dev/loop0 annex + cd annex + mkdir zP + mkdir Zp mkdir: cannot create directory `Zp': File exists + ls Zp ls: cannot access Zp: No such file or directory + ls zP + touch zP + touch Zp touch: cannot touch `Zp': File exists + umount annex + rm -r annex + losetup -d /dev/loop0 + rm diskimage + uname -a Linux pilot 3.0.3+ #1 SMP Mon Aug 29 15:21:18 EDT 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux """]]