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Date: Fri, 03 May 2002 12:15:04 -0400
From: Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
Subject: Re: mv problem
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Larry,

On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 11:51:41AM -0400, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> At 09:05 AM 5/3/2002, Jason Tishler wrote:
> >On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:51:45AM -0400, Larry Hall 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:
> >
> >     [snip]
> 
> Well, if you mean that the issue is not, strictly speaking, a Windows issue,
> there's some validity to that statement.
> [snip]

I was just trying to keep the facts accurate for the archives.

Jason

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