Microsoft KB Archive/194909

= LowercaseFiles Parameter Does Not Affect GET/MGET Commands =

Article ID: 194909

Article Last Modified on 6/16/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 1.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 2.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0
 * Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0

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This article was previously published under Q194909



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SYMPTOMS
After you set the LowercaseFiles registry parameter to either 0 or 1, the FTP commands to retrieve files behaves in the following manner:


 * "GET" is not case sensitive
 * "MGET" is case sensitive



CAUSE
The LowercaseFiles (REG_DWORD) parameter is for display purposes only. The following is an excerpt:

  LowercaseFiles                                  REG_DWORD Range: 0 or 1                                  Default:0 Description:                                   CONFIGURABLE

The service uses the native case for file names (like what the file  names are stored in file system). However for exact comparisons with case-sensitive file systems (NTFS provides an option, FAT is case  insensitive) to work fine, it may be necessary to ensure proper file names are used. Administrators can turn on this flag to ensure that the service uses lowercase for such comparisons.

Additional query words: iisftp

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