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Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 11:51:41 -0400
To: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: mv problem
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At 09:05 AM 5/3/2002, Jason Tishler wrote:
>Larry,
>
>On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:51:45AM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> > As you can see, you cannot rename file differing only by case.  This is a 
> > Windowsism.  Sorry.  Complain to Bill if you don't like it! ;-)  You'll
> > need to do this as a two step process (i.e. move 'abc' to a different name
> > temporarily and then move it to 'Abc').
>
>The above is not true:
>
>     C:\>dir
>     [snip]
>     05/03/2002  08:48a      <DIR>          bar
>     05/03/2002  08:47a                   0 foo
>     ...
>
>     C:\>ren bar BAR
>     ren bar BAR
>
>     C:\>ren foo FOO
>     ren foo FOO
>
>     C:\>dir
>     [snip]
>     05/03/2002  08:48a      <DIR>          BAR
>     05/03/2002  08:47a                   0 FOO


Well, if you mean that the issue is not, strictly speaking, a Windows issue,
there's some validity to that statement.  Given all the history of "mv"
functionality, I personally hesitate to suggest that there's a patch to 
"mv" that will make this possible without breaking something else that's
important for "mv" in Cygwin/Windows (though I don't discourage others from 
trying if they are so inclined).  It is Windows, in general, that enforces 
case-insensitivity of it's file systems though, which doesn't help.  Of 
course, you've also pointed out that there is an alternative to "mv" in 
"DOS-land" that allows this operation to be done in one step, for those that 
prefer such a thing! ;-)



Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
RFK Partners, Inc.                      http://www.rfk.com
838 Washington Street                   (508) 893-9779 - RFK Office
Holliston, MA 01746                     (508) 893-9889 - FAX


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