Sorting out Upper & Lower Case Text when Comparing?

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Jupiter

Hello All,
I am using FFS 13.8
I am comparing the Folders & Files
on 2 separate hard drives.
They originally mirrored each other
but over time they have become messed up.
Some of the folders that contain identical files
Have managed to have there Folder names mixed
up with lower case and upper case text.
eg: Drive G:\FOLDER\CAPITAL_LETTERS\
Drive H:\folder\capital_letter\
If the contents of the above folders are identical then
exclude from listing them.
Is this possible? If yes How would I go about doing this?
TY for the info:
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xCSxXenon

You must be using file-system formats that are case-sensitive. You'll have to rename one of them so they match
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Jupiter

Thank you, @xCSxXenon for the info
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therube

What OS (OS's / file systems) are we dealing with?

What type of Comparison are you using?
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Jupiter

@therube, Sorry my bad, I should have said what O/S I was running!
Windows 11 ver:23H2.
NTFS (New Technology File System) is the file system
Hard Drive Size is 18TB
Compare options are set: File Size, Synchronisation is Mirror,
the rest of the options are set as default when the software was installed
Cheers.
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therube

Aside from the Mirror part (cause I'm not really familiar), I'm thinking that case should not be an issue?

And that kind of leaves, Size?
If the contents of the above folders are identical then exclude from listing them.
Is it only a listing issue that you're concerned about, or is your end indicating that are changes to be made?

If it is listing only, then at the bottom of the FFS window, if the '=' box is emboldened, then click it to hide files/directories that are equal.
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Jupiter

@therube, TY for your thoughts.
It is only a listing issue, as I know the files are identicle,the only difference
is one folder is called Disney stories & the other folder is called DISNEY STORIES
I have changed the letter casing manually and re run compare.This has resolved the problem.
It would have been good if FFS could have done this automatically for me ?
I will use your suggestion!
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xCSxXenon

It would have been good if FFS could have done this automatically for me ?
I will use your suggestion! Jupiter, 03 Dec 2024, 20:52
The dev takes an approach that keeps the user in control rather than making assumptions. Considering at a file system level, those folders were different and unique. If the user wants this to be the case, FFS automatically making that change would be destructive