Microsoft KB Archive/157344

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PRB: Images Lost When Transferring Databases from IRIX to NT
Last reviewed: November 27, 1996

Article ID: Q157344

The information in this article applies to:


 * Softimage 3D for Windows NT, versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.51

SYMPTOMS
When you transfer databases from IRIX to Windows NT, you lose images.

CAUSE
IRIX and SI/IRIX are case sensitive. Windows NT is case preserving.

This presents a problem when you create a database in IRIX and the names of the images you create only differ by the case. When you transfer the database to Windows NT, names that differ only by case collide in the Windows NT namespace. This causes one of the images to overwrite the other.

RESOLUTION
If your image names only differ by case, you must rename them before transferring your databases.

If you lost images after transferring databases, you have to manually change the names of the affected databases before attempting to transfer them again.

WORKAROUND
There are companies that provide utilities that rename image files. In some cases, the utility is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the web. From your web browser, do a search on "resequencer" or "rename" to compile a list of available utilities.