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From:	"Chris Ruffin" <c DOT ruffin AT ieee DOT org>
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Subject:	bug in 'mv'
Date:	Sun, 20 Jan 2002 04:34:31 -0000
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mv from fileutils 4.1 doesn't use a case-insensitive test to make sure that we aren't doing something stupid like:

$ mv A a

where A is a directory.  This causes mv to go into infinite recursion trying to move A to a, because windows is case-insensitive.

Chris Ruffin


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