From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: mv deletes file 18 Aug 1998 17:27:10 -0700 Message-ID: <19980817124205.13255.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1d.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Doug Kushner , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com Which win32 are you using NT3.51/NT4/95/98? I just tested on NT3.51 and mv just moves FILE to file and file to FILE without any problems!! Do you have Sergey's latest coolview? ---Doug Kushner wrote: > > I'm using bash 2.01 with cyg 19.1. I know that filenames are supposed to > be case insensitive, but some tools such as diff do not ignore filename > case. > > So, I was trying to rename some uppercase files to lowercase (which can be > done in a DOS box) and discovered the following problem. When trying to > use mv on the same filename, but different case, it just deletes the > original file. I would prefer it rename the file, but at the very least > it should just generate the error message and leave the original file > intact. > > Example: > > $mv FILE file > mv: cannot move `FILE' to `file': No such file or directory. > > `FILE' has been deleted and 'file' does not exist. > > Regards, > Doug > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help". > _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".